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Measurement of Coherence Decay in GaMnAs Using Femtosecond Four-wave Mixing
Published on: December 3, 2013
Complete experimental characterization of the influence of parametric four-wave mixing on stimulated Raman gain
Frédérique Vanholsbeeck1, Philippe Emplit, Stéphane Coen
1Service d'Optique et Acoustique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, CP 194/5, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. frederique.vanholsbeek@ulb.ac.be
Abstract:
We present what is to our knowledge the first complete measurement of the dependence of Raman gain on chromatic dispersion, fully revealing the influence of parametric four-wave mixing on stimulated Raman scattering. In particular, a threefold increase of the Raman gain is observed under phase-matching conditions, in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions. Our experiments, which were performed in a photonic crystal fiber, demonstrate that these unique fibers can be exploited to boost the performances of fiber Raman amplifiers.
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