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
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