Title :
Mechanisms of spectral broadening in Raman fiber lasers
Author :
Babin, S.A. ; Churkin, D.V. ; Ismagulov, A.E. ; Kablukov, S.I. ; Podivilov, E.V.
Author_Institution :
Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
Abstract :
Raman gain at high powers is shown to be saturated homogeneously due to pump depletion. At the same time single-frequency RFL generation is not possible because of four-wave mixing, that is demonstrated experimentally and theoretically.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gain measurement; Laser theory; Optical fiber testing; Performance gain; Power generation; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801209
