Title :
Raman amplification of gain switched laser diode signal at 1.35 mu m to soliton power levels
Author :
Greer, E.J. ; Hickmann, J.M. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll., London Univ., UK
fDate :
6/20/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the amplification by stimulated Raman scattering of signals from a distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode operating at 1.35 mu m in a singlemode optical fibre with a dispersion minimum at 1.34 mu m. The pump radiation was from a CW ML Nd:YAG laser operating at 1.319 mu m. Picosecond pulses to soliton power levels were achieved with a maximum gain of approximately 30 dB.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; laser transitions; optical pumping; semiconductor junction lasers; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; 1.32 micron; 1.35 micron; CW ML Nd:YAG laser; DFB LD; Raman amplification; distributed feedback; gain switched; laser diode signal; nonlinear optics; picosecond pulses; pump radiation; single mode fibre; singlemode optical fibre; soliton power levels; stimulated Raman scattering;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910730
