Title :
Design of all-optical gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers
Author :
Zambelis, Theodore ; Gryspolakis, Nikolaos ; Chen, L.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Using numerical simulations, we design and analyze the performance of gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers using fibre bragg gratings (FBGs). In particular, we investigate the impact of the feedback wavelength on the gain-clamping properties.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; Raman spectra; infrared spectra; laser feedback; numerical analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; discrete fiber Raman amplifier design; feedback wavelength; fibre bragg grating; gain-clamping; numerical simulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband amplifiers; Gain control; Laser feedback; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Shape; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253170
