Title :
High-gain, monolithic, cascaded fibre Raman amplifier operating at 1.3 μm
Author :
Chernikov, S.V. ; Zhu, Y. ; Kashyap, R. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
3/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 39 dB-gain silica fibre Raman amplifier is demonstrated at 1.3 μm using a 1064 nm pump. Cascaded Raman generation and amplification are achieved in a monolithic ring cavity constructed solely from conventional fibre components, i.e. fusion WDM couplers and standard silica fibre
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 micrometre; 1064 nm; 39 dB; SiO2; cascaded Raman generation; cascaded fibre Raman amplifier; fusion WDM couplers; monolithic ring cavity; pump power requirements; silica fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950312
