• DocumentCode
    1821367
  • Title

    Cladding-pumped Raman fiber amplifier for high-gain, high-energy single-stage amplification

  • Author

    Codemard, C.A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Nilsson, Johan

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Center, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    A cladding-pumped Raman-fiber amplifier for single-mode pulses is demonstrated. A small-signal gain of nearly 50 dB is reached at 1663 nm. The use of multimode pump pulses opens up for high-energy pulse amplification. We obtain a power-conversion-efficiency of 36%.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; pulse amplifiers; 50 dB; cladding-pumped Raman fiber amplifier; high-energy single-stage amplification; multimode pump pulse; single-mode pulse; Doped fiber amplifiers; Laser feedback; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192628
  • Filename
    1498287