title: Amplifier/compressor fiber Raman lasers.
abstract: We show that the chirp from cross-phase modulation (XPM) dominates the operation of fiber Raman lasers (FRL's). Thus a FRL in the anomalous group-velocity regime is best described as a XPM-chirped Raman amplifier followed by a linear fiber compressor. While the output of such a laser is generally a narrow pulse with a broad pedestal, we show both experimentally and by computer simulation that negligible background is achievable.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mollenauer
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Stolen
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Shang