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Operation of a wavelength tunable fiber grating Raman laser working in the 1.1 μm regime is demonstrated. The pumping mechanism utilizes the process of stimulated perpendicular Raman scattering, possible in fibers for which birefringence can compensate dispersion. A total tuning range of 40 nm with a minimum output pulse duration of 0.8 ps is achieved by using two optical fibers and controlling their birefringence thermally.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Herbert Welling on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Schulz, R., Kuckartz, M. & Harde, H. Wavelength tunable subpicosecond pulse generation with a fiber grating Raman laser. Appl. Phys. B 49, 263–268 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00714645
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