• DocumentCode
    1331435
  • Title

    Characterization of double Rayleigh scatter noise in Raman amplifiers

  • Author

    Lewis, S.A.E. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    528
  • Lastpage
    530
  • Abstract
    Optical measurements of double Rayleigh scatter noise from fiber Raman amplifiers have been made using a modified time-domain extension method. A uniform gain approximation for calculating the double Rayleigh scatter (DRS) noise is shown to agree closely with the experiment. Comparison is also made with the DRS noise from a dual-stage amplifier.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; Rayleigh scattering; laser noise; laser variables measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; DRS noise; Raman amplifiers; double Rayleigh scatter; double Rayleigh scatter noise; dual-stage amplifier; fiber Raman amplifiers; modified time-domain extension method; optical measurements; uniform gain approximation; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.841275
  • Filename
    841275