• DocumentCode
    1551998
  • Title

    Gain and saturation characteristics of dual-wavelength-pumped silica-fibre 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
    35
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/8/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1178
  • Lastpage
    1179
  • Abstract
    Dual-wavelength-pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers operating at wavelengths around 1.55 μm and with gain bandwidths around 60 nm have been constructed. An experimental comparison is made between dual and single stage configurations and the spectral gain tilt due to inhomogeneous saturation under large signal conditions has been characterised
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturation; 1.55 mum; dual stage configurations; dual-wavelength-pumped silica-fibre Raman amplifiers; gain bandwidths; gain characteristics; inhomogeneous saturation; large signal conditions; single stage configurations; spectral gain tilt;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990824
  • Filename
    788953