Title :
Pump-to-Stokes transfer of relative intensity noise in Raman fiber lasers
Author :
Krause, Michael ; Cierullies, Sven ; Renner, Hagen ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst
Author_Institution :
Technische Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate the effect of pump-to-Stokes relative intensity noise transfer in Raman fiber lasers on the performance of copumped Raman amplifiers. We show that the effect can be mitigated by proper design of pump lasers.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman lasers; WDM; copumped Raman amplifiers; fiber lasers; optical communication systems; pump lasers; pump-to-Stokes transfer; relative intensity noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
