title: Single-pass mode-locked or Q-switched pump operation of D2 gas-in-glass fiber Raman lasers operating at 1.56-microm wavelength.
abstract: Single-pass operation of a D(2) gas-in-glass fiber Raman laser operating at 1.56-microm wavelength, pumped by a Nd: YAG laser operating either Q-switched or mode-locked has been demonstrated. The group velocities in the single-mode host fiber at the pump wavelength (1.06 microm) and the Raman-shifted wavelength (1.56 microm) were matched, thereby providing long interaction lengths and concomitant efficient conversion of pump light to 1.56-microm radiation.
authors.affiliation: Crawford Hill Laboratory, AT&T Bell Laboratories, PO Box 400, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chraplyvy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stone