Efficient mid-IR spectral generation via spontaneous fifth-order cascaded-Raman amplification in silica fibers

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1690-1692

  Rakich, Peter T ^a   Fink, Yoel ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; SILICA;

ALL-FIBER LASERS; MID IR WAVELENGTH; MID-IR LASER SOURCES; NANOSECOND PULSE; NORMAL DISPERSION; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 49349100469     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001690     Document Type: Article

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