Title :
High peak power conversion and high gain in pulsed cladding-pumped fiber Raman amplifier
Author :
Ji, J. ; Codemard, C.A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Ibsen, M. ; Nilsson, J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fDate :
Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
Abstract :
We demonstrate an efficient high peak power pulsed cladding-pumped fiber Raman amplifier. The output Stokes peak power is over 200 W. The peak power conversion efficiency exceeds 75% and the on-off peak gain is nearly 65 dB.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; Stokes peak power; high gain high peak power Raman amplifier; on-off peak gain; power conversion; pulsed cladding-pumped fiber Raman amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Oscillators; Power conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
