DocumentCode
2635033
Title
Application of distributed Raman amplifier for the performance improvement of WDM millimeter-wave fiber-radio network
Author
Li, Zhaohui ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Bakaul, Masuduzzaman ; Cheng, Linghao ; Wen, Yang Jing ; Lu, Chao
Author_Institution
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
579
Lastpage
580
Abstract
We study WDM fiber-radio network assisted by distributed Raman amplifiers (DRA) or EDFA. Experimental results indicate that DRA can suppress gain saturation effect in downstream transmission and improve noise performance in upstream transmission.
Keywords
Raman lasers; erbium; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical noise; optical saturation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; distributed Raman amplifier; downstream transmission; gain saturation effect; millimeter-wave fiber-radio network; noise performance; upstream transmission; Distributed amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548137
Filename
1548137
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