Title :
Ultra-broad-bandwidth spectral continuum generation in fibre Raman amplifier
Author :
Lewis, S.A.E. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
11/12/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Picosecond seeding pulses derived from a CW source and electroabsorption modulator operating at a 10 GHz repetition rate have been used with gain saturation and nonlinear conversion in a high power fibre Raman amplifier to provide a broad-band, 100 nm, spectral continuum with an average power >1 W
Keywords :
Raman lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre amplifiers; 10 GHz; electroabsorption modulator; fibre Raman amplifier; gain saturation; nonlinear conversion; picosecond seeding pulses; spectral continuum generation; ultra-broad-bandwidth spectral continuum;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981534
