Pump-to-Stokes RIN transfer in Raman fiber lasers and its impact on the performance of co-pumped Raman amplifiers

Optics Communications

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 656-661

  Krause, Michael ^a   Cierullies, Sven ^a   Renner, Hagen ^a   Brinkmeyer, Ernst ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Raman amplifier; Raman fiber laser; Relative intensity noise

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PUMP-TO-STOKES TRANSFER; RAMAN AMPLIFIER; RAMAN FIBER LASER; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33644961752     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.10.077     Document Type: Article

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