Quantitative measurements of Raman scattering in an optical fibre

Author

Wardle, D.A. ; Dudley, John M. ; Harvey, J.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Auckland Univ., New Zealand

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

205

Abstract

Summary form only given. Raman scattering in optical fibres is of renewed interest as a result of its application in a number of novel fibre amplifier systems. While the general features of Raman scattering in silica fibres are well known, the work reported here allows determination of both the parallel and perpendicular Raman gain per unit length over a frequency range of 57 THz from the pump radiation. The results are consistent (within experimental error) with previous measurements in bulk glass.

Keywords

Raman lasers; Raman spectra; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; 57 THz; Raman scattering; bulk glass; fibre amplifier systems; frequency range; optical fibre; parallel Raman gain per unit length; perpendicular Raman gain per unit length; pump radiation; quantitative measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Glass; Light scattering; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834087

Filename

834087