Broadening of the intracavity and output spectra of a raman fiber laser with a low-Q cavity

Intracavity and output spectra broadened in a Raman fiber laser with a low-Q cavity are measured and theoretically described. It is demonstrated that the previously developed approach of optical-wave turbulence can be used to describe the spectral broadening owing to the multiple four-wave mixing processes that involves numerous longitudinal modes of the low-Q cavity. The theoretically calculated spectra are in good agreement with the experimental data for various output reflection coefficients of the fiber Bragg gratings across the entire power range.