Title :
Experimental investigation on spectral broadening of cascaded Raman fiber lasers
Author :
Qin, Zujun ; Zhou, Xiaojun ; Wu, Haocheng ; Zou, Zili
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt-Electron. Inf., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
The broadening of intracavity Stokes in a second-order cascaded Raman fiber laser is investigated experimentally. Results show that the interactions of intracavity four-wave mixing of longitudinal resonator eigenmodes are responsible for the nonlinear broadening.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; multiwave mixing; spectral line broadening; cascaded Raman fiber lasers; intracavity Stokes; intracavity four wave mixing; longitudinal resonator eigenmodes; nonlinear broadening; spectral broadening; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5212812
