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Comparison of Stimulated and Spontaneous Scattering Measurements of the Full Wavelength Dependence of the Raman Gain Spectrum

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Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury, Kristan L. Corwin

Abstract

We present a direct comparison of the measured spontaneous Raman spectra and the measured stimulated Raman gain from a pump laser. We confirm that the spontaneous Raman spectrum is related to the stimulated Raman gain spectrum through a simple Bose-Einstein temperature factor. Given this simple relation, the full dependence of the Raman gain on both the signal and pump wavelength can be extracted directly from spontaneous Raman spectra, which are easily generated with a low-power (few mW) diode laser and calibrated optical spectrum analyzer.

Proceedings Title
Tech. Dig., Symp. on Optical Fiber Meas.
Report Number
988
Conference Dates
September 23-25, 2002
Conference Location
Boulder, CO, USA

Keywords

Raman amplifier, Raman scattering, fiber optics, nonlinear optics

Citation

Newbury, N. and Corwin, K. (2002), Comparison of Stimulated and Spontaneous Scattering Measurements of the Full Wavelength Dependence of the Raman Gain Spectrum, Tech. Dig., Symp. on Optical Fiber Meas., Boulder, CO, USA (Accessed October 6, 2024)

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Created August 31, 2002, Updated April 13, 2023