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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548137
