OSNR variation of multiple laser lines in Brillouin-Raman fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16904-16910

  Zamzuri, A K ^a   Mahdi, M A ^b   Al Mansoori, M H ^c   Samsuri, N Md ^a   Ahmad, A ^a   Islam, M S ^b  

^a Telekom Research and Development Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BRILLOUIN PUMP; LONGITUDINAL CAVITY MODES; MULTIPLE LASERS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; RAMAN FIBER LASERS; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL BROADENING EFFECTS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 70349212215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016904     Document Type: Article

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