DocumentCode
1282452
Title
Triple wavelength pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers with 114 nm bandwidth
Author
Lewis, S.A.E. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Volume
35
Issue
20
fYear
1999
fDate
9/30/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1761
Lastpage
1762
Abstract
The authors demonstrate silica-fibre Raman amplifiers with gain bandwidths of up to 114 nm and peak small-signal gains of up to 41.5 dB. Cascaded Raman fibre lasers operating at wavelengths of 1423, 1455 and 1480 nm have been used to simultaneously pump these amplifiers
Keywords
Raman lasers; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 1423 nm; 1455 nm; 1480 nm; 41.5 dB; cascaded Raman fibre lasers; gain bandwidths; peak small-signal gains; simultaneously pump; triple wavelength pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19991219
Filename
811170
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