title: Numerical modeling of a four-wave-mixing-assisted Raman fiber laser.
abstract: We present a new numerical model of cascaded Raman fiber lasers that takes into account the chromatic dispersion of the fiber and includes the full spectrum of the intracavity field. This model explains and describes remarkably well a new operating regime found experimentally and reveals that chromatic dispersion is truly a new degree of freedom in the design of cascaded Raman lasers.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Optique et Acoustique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F. D. Roosevelt, CP 194/5, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. fdv@postbox.auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanholsbeeck
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coen
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Emplit
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leplingard
authors.forename: Thibaut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sylvestre
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*