Highly efficient and high-power raman fiber laser based on broadband chirped fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5039-5043

  Vallée, Réal ^a   Bélanger, Erik ^a   Déry, Bernard ^a   Bernier, Martin ^a   Faucher, Dominic ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Raman fiber laser (RFL); Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RAMAN SCATTERING;

RAMAN FIBER LASER; SPECTRAL LOSS; STOKES SIGNAL;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33847665050     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.884998     Document Type: Article

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