Title :
1.4 W saturated output power from a 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
Abstract :
Fiber Raman amplifiers with high output power and a 50% net pump to signal conversion efficiency are reported. A 100-nm supercontinuum based upon a 10-GHz, 8-ps pulse source was generated strong nonlinear interaction in the amplifier.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturation; 1.4 W; 8 ps; fibre Raman amplifier; high output power; net pump to signal conversion efficiency; ps pulse source; saturated output power; strong nonlinear interaction; supercontinuum based; Doped fiber amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766353
