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Over 200 W average power tunable Raman amplifier based on fused silica step index fiber

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A high-power tunable Raman Amplifier is presented. The seed signal (varying from 1118 nm to 1130 nm in wavelength) was generated in a tunable Raman oscillator and fed into the Raman amplification stage. A conversion efficiency of up to 86 % was achieved and a maximum output power of over 200 W was measured. The Raman gain coefficient for the amplifier fiber was measured to be 0.76×10−14 m/W. Furthermore, the measured output power was compared with values obtained from simple mathematical model and a good agreement up to the highest output power of amplified signal was achieved.

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The authors would like to thank European Commission for financial support of this work within project “LIFT” under grant agreement no. NMP2-LA-2009-228587.

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany

    M. Rekas, O. Schmidt, T. Schreiber, R. Eberhardt & A. Tünnermann

  2. Institute of Applied Physics and Abbe School of Photonics, Faculty for Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany

    M. Rekas & A. Tünnermann

  3. JT Optical Engine GmbH + Co. KG, Prüssingstr. 41, 07745, Jena, Germany

    H. Zimer

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Part of the results were presented at Frontiers in Optics Conference, San Diego, October 2011.

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Rekas, M., Schmidt, O., Zimer, H. et al. Over 200 W average power tunable Raman amplifier based on fused silica step index fiber. Appl. Phys. B 107, 711–716 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5052-3

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