DocumentCode
1629167
Title
High-power, compact, high-efficiency, fiber laser source around 1.24 μm for pumping Raman amplifiers
Author
Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Platonov, N.S. ; Gapontsev, V.P. ; Küppers, F. ; Mattheus, A. ; Gabitov, I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fYear
1997
Firstpage
345
Abstract
Here we describe an extremely compact, high wall plug efficiency, wavelength flexible all-fiber source around 1.24 μm, which should find immediate application for pumping fiber Raman amplifier at 1.3 μm and we demonstrate its application to distributed Raman amplification
Keywords
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; 1.24 mum; 1.3 mum; Raman amplifiers pumping; distributed Raman amplification; extremely compact; fiber Raman amplifier pumping; high wall plug efficiency; high-power compact high-efficiency fiber laser source; wavelength flexible all-fiber source; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN
1-55752-480-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1997.719950
Filename
719950
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