Diffusion Raman stimulée à trois ondes dans une fibre optique

Three-wave stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers has been studied theoretically in connection with the characteristics of the fiber (core diameter, core-cladding refractive-index difference) and excitation conditions. We observe experimentally this type of scattering in a silica fiber, from which we can estimate the nonlinearity of silica and the index difference of the fiber.