Raman gain enhancement through four-wave mixing in a microstructured photonic crystal fiber

Author

Vanholsbeeck, Frédérique ; Emplit, Philippe ; Coen, Stéphane

Author_Institution

Service d´´Optique et d´´Acoustique, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

253

Abstract

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) is a well known nonlinear process. It has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and experimentally, and has recently been of renewed interest in silica optical fibers as a result of its application to novel high power broadband amplifier systems. PCFs typically exhibit an effective Raman gain 10-100 times higher than conventional fibers. The experiment has been made possible thanks to the combination of the remarkable nonlinear and dispersion properties of PCFs, and could lead to a significant improvement of PCF-based Raman amplifiers.

Keywords

micro-optics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical materials; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; stimulated Raman scattering; wideband amplifiers; Raman amplifier; Raman gain enhancement; SiO₂; broadband amplifier system; conventional fiber; dispersion property; four-wave mixing; microstructured photonic crystal fiber; silica optical fiber; stimulated Raman scattering; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Photonic crystals; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312314

Filename

1312314