• DocumentCode
    733976
  • Title

    Critical review of the gain factor of 16 for calculation of the Raman threshold in fibers

  • Author

    Engelbrecht, Rainer

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microwaves & Photonics, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Analytic approximations yielding the well-known gain factor of 16 in formulas for SRS threshold in fibers are compared to rigorous simulations. This factor is shown to be larger for short and modern fibers, as used for high-power lasers.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; optical fibres; Raman threshold; SRS threshold; fibers; gain factor; Approximation methods; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184420
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733976