Control of transient regime of stimulated raman scattering using hollow-core PCF

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1209-1215

  Couny, François ^a   Carraz, Olivier ^a   Benabid, Fetah ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER);

CHARACTERISTIC TIME; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; INTERNAL GAS PRESSURE; SCATTERING REGIME; STEADY-STATE REGIME; STIMULATED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; TRANSIENT AMPLIFICATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 67650708705     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001209     Document Type: Article

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