• DocumentCode
    758928
  • Title

    High-gain, monolithic, cascaded fibre Raman amplifier operating at 1.3 μm

  • Author

    Chernikov, S.V. ; Zhu, Y. ; Kashyap, R. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    472
  • Lastpage
    473
  • Abstract
    A 39 dB-gain silica fibre Raman amplifier is demonstrated at 1.3 μm using a 1064 nm pump. Cascaded Raman generation and amplification are achieved in a monolithic ring cavity constructed solely from conventional fibre components, i.e. fusion WDM couplers and standard silica fibre
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 micrometre; 1064 nm; 39 dB; SiO2; cascaded Raman generation; cascaded fibre Raman amplifier; fusion WDM couplers; monolithic ring cavity; pump power requirements; silica fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950312
  • Filename
    375878