• DocumentCode
    2422947
  • Title

    Rayleigh noise suppression using a gain flattening filter in a broadband Raman amplifier

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Femtrosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll., London, UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    109
  • Abstract
    A novel fibre Raman amplifier configuration for reduction of double Rayleigh scattering noise along with gain flattening is proposed It is demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally that an appropriately positioned filter in a single stage amplifier significantly improves Rayleigh noise performance with minimal spontaneous noise penalty.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; Rayleigh scattering; optical communication equipment; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber filters; optical noise; Rayleigh noise performance; Rayleigh noise suppression; broadband Raman amplifier; double Rayleigh scattering noise; fibre Raman amplifier configuration; gain flattening; gain flattening filter; minimal spontaneous noise penalty; positioned filter; single stage amplifier; Broadband amplifiers; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.869431
  • Filename
    869431