Combined effect of Raman and parametric gain on single-pump parametric amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8104-8114

  Hsieh, A S Y ^a   Wong, G K L ^a   Murdoch, S G ^a   Coen, S ^a   Vanholsbeeck, F ^a   Leonhardt, R ^a   Harvey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; FUSED SILICA; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; TUNING;

PARAMETRIC GAIN; RAMAN SUSCEPTIBILITY; SIGNAL DETUNINGS;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250832019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008104     Document Type: Article

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