Title :
Cladding-pumped raman fiber with a W-type core designed for power scaling
Author :
Ji, J. ; Codemard, C.A. ; Nilsson, J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We design a cladding-pumped fiber Raman amplifier with a wavelength-filtering W-type core for the suppression of the 2nd-order Raman Stokes. This increases the useable inner-cladding-to-core area ratio, which benefits power scaling.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre filters; optical pumping; 2nd-order Raman Stoke suppression; cladding-pumped Raman fiber amplifier design; inner-cladding-to-core area ratio; power scaling; wavelength-filtering W-type core design; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Filtering; Filters; Frequency; Laser excitation; Optical fiber devices; Power amplifiers; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission; Frequency filter; Raman laser; Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292065
