DocumentCode :
1108206
Title :
Picosecond stimulated Raman generation, pump pulse fragmentation, and fragment compression in single-mode optical fibers
Author :
French, P.M.W. ; Gomes, A.S.L. ; Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Laser Optics Section, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London
Volume :
22
Issue :
12
fYear :
1986
fDate :
12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
2230
Lastpage :
2235
Abstract :
Pump pulse depletion has been examined for high peak power (∼ 100 kW) 90 ps pulses from a 
-switched and mode-locked Nd:YAG laser in 4 m of single-mode optical fiber. Fragmentation of the fundamental and low Stokes Raman orders has been observed for this cascading process. Pulse compression using an interferometric technique has been carried out, obtaining compression ratios of up to times five, on these fragments which exhibited a negative frequency chirp.
-switched and mode-locked Nd:YAG laser in 4 m of single-mode optical fiber. Fragmentation of the fundamental and low Stokes Raman orders has been observed for this cascading process. Pulse compression using an interferometric technique has been carried out, obtaining compression ratios of up to times five, on these fragments which exhibited a negative frequency chirp.Keywords :
Optical fiber transient propagation; Optical pulse compression; Raman scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9197
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1986.1072932
Filename :
1072932
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