DocumentCode
2317555
Title
Instability in Raman amplifiers caused by distributed Rayleigh reflection
Author
Chen, C.-J. ; Lee, H. ; Cheng, Y.-J.
Author_Institution
Onetta, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Abstract
We observed instability in Raman optical amplifiers caused by the Raman gain and the cavity between two mirrors formed by distributed Rayleigh reflection. Threshold pump power for the instability and limitation imposed on Raman amplifiers are derived and discussed.
Keywords
Rayleigh scattering; distributed amplifiers; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; light reflection; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; Raman amplifiers instability; Raman gain; distributed Rayleigh reflection; laser cavity; pump power; Acoustic reflection; Distributed amplifiers; Equations; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Power amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247564
Filename
1247564
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