Title :
Triple wavelength pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers with 114 nm bandwidth
Author :
Lewis, S.A.E. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
9/30/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate silica-fibre Raman amplifiers with gain bandwidths of up to 114 nm and peak small-signal gains of up to 41.5 dB. Cascaded Raman fibre lasers operating at wavelengths of 1423, 1455 and 1480 nm have been used to simultaneously pump these amplifiers
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 1423 nm; 1455 nm; 1480 nm; 41.5 dB; cascaded Raman fibre lasers; gain bandwidths; peak small-signal gains; simultaneously pump; triple wavelength pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19991219
