Title :
Femtosecond single-pass cascade Raman soliton generation at 1.5 μm
Author :
Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Gomes, A.S.L. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Ainslie, B.J. ; Craig, S.P.
Author_Institution :
Imperial College, Laser Optics Group, Department of Physics, London, UK
Abstract :
Highly efficient generation of 130fs pulses at 1.5 μm, through a single-pass cascade Raman soliton-like compression-amplification process in a single-mode fibre, is described. The dispersion-shifted fibre, with a zero-dispersion wavelength at 1.46μm, was pumped by the lOOps pulses from a CW mode-locked Nd : YAG laser operated at 1.32 μm.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; solid lasers; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; 1.32 micron; 1.46 micron; 1.5 micron; 100 ps; 130 fs; CW mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd lasers; YAl5O12:Nd; dispersion-shifted fibre; femtosecond soliton generation; optical solitons; single-mode fibre; single-pass cascade Raman soliton generation; soliton-like compression-amplification process; zero-dispersion wavelength;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870724
