Title :
Efficient backward and forward pumping CW Raman amplification for InGaAsP laser light in silica fibres
Author :
Aoki, Yuya ; Kishida, Satoru ; Honmou, H. ; Washio, K. ; Sugimoto, M.
Author_Institution :
NEC Corporation, Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
By pumping a small-core single-mode silica fibre with a 1.32 ¿m CW Nd:YAG laser, continuous-wave Raman amplification of InGaAsP laser diode light, with unsaturated gain as high as 21 dB, has been obtained in both backward as well as forward pumping configurations.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Raman lasers; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical fibres; optical pumping; semiconductor junction lasers; CW Nd:YAG laser; III-V semiconductors; InGaAsP laser diode light; backward pumping; continuous-wave Raman amplification; forward pumping configurations; small-core single-mode silica fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830423
