Relative intensity noise transfer of large-bandwidth pump lasers in Raman fiber amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2479-2485

  Keita, Kafing ^a,b   Delaye, Philippe ^a   Frey, Robert ^a   Roosen, Gérald ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; MONOCHROMATORS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING;

LARGE BANDWIDTH PSEUDOINCOHERENT SOURCES; LOW-NOISE RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; MONOCHROMATIC SIGNAL BEAM; PUMP-TO-SIGNAL RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33846046346     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002479     Document Type: Article

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