Theoretical analysis of single-frequency Raman fiber amplifier system operating at 1178nm

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26214-26228

  Vergien, Christopher ^a   Dajani, Iyad ^a   Zeringue, Clint ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); SODIUM; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

AMPLIFIER OUTPUT; BRILLOUIN; DETAILED MODELS; DIODE LASERS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER MODE; GUIDE STAR; MULTI-STEP; OUTPUT POWER; POWER-SCALING; PUMP POWER; RAMAN AMPLIFIER; RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; SPONTANEOUS RAMAN;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 78650073084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026214     Document Type: Article

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