Application of Distributed Raman Amplifier to Improve Link Gain and Noise Characteristic of WDM Radio over Fiber Network

Author

Li, Zhaohui ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Cheng, Linghao ; Lu, Chao ; Aditya, Sheel

Author_Institution

School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637553, E-mail: pg04215084@ntu.edu.sg

fYear

2005

fDate

12-14 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

248

Abstract

we study the link gain and noise characteristic of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) radio over fiber (RoF) network using distributed Raman amplifiers (DRAs) or Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). Experimental results indicate that using DRAs can obtain higher link gain and signal to noise ratio (SNR) simultaneously. We also study the effects of stimulated Brillouin scattering, cross-talk and linear performance of WDM RoF network when incorporating DRAs.

Keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; Radio over fiber; distributed Raman amplifiers; saturated gain; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Crosstalk; Distributed amplifiers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; Radio over fiber; distributed Raman amplifiers; saturated gain; stimulated Brillouin scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

89-950043-3-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2005.203585

Filename

1590313