Title :
Raman fiber DFBs in highly nonlinear germanoscilate fibers
Author :
Westbrook, Paul S. ; Abedin, Kazi S. ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Kremp, Tristan ; Porque, Jerome
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report detailed comparisons of Raman fiber DFB lasers using small effective area highly nonlinear fiber and conventional Raman gain fiber. Improvements in threshold, linewidth and output power are observed.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; laser beams; Raman fiber DFB lasers; Raman gain fiber; laser linewidth; laser output power; nonlinear fiber; nonlinear germanoscilate fibers; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110612
