DocumentCode
1036509
Title
Femtosecond single-pass cascade Raman soliton generation at 1.5 μm
Author
Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Gomes, A.S.L. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Ainslie, B.J. ; Craig, S.P.
Author_Institution
Imperial College, Laser Optics Group, Department of Physics, London, UK
Volume
23
Issue
19
fYear
1987
Firstpage
1034
Lastpage
1035
Abstract
Highly efficient generation of 130fs pulses at 1.5 μm, through a single-pass cascade Raman soliton-like compression-amplification process in a single-mode fibre, is described. The dispersion-shifted fibre, with a zero-dispersion wavelength at 1.46μm, was pumped by the lOOps pulses from a CW mode-locked Nd : YAG laser operated at 1.32 μm.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; solid lasers; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; 1.32 micron; 1.46 micron; 1.5 micron; 100 ps; 130 fs; CW mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd lasers; YAl5O12:Nd; dispersion-shifted fibre; femtosecond soliton generation; optical solitons; single-mode fibre; single-pass cascade Raman soliton generation; soliton-like compression-amplification process; zero-dispersion wavelength;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870724
Filename
4258960
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