• DocumentCode
    378261
  • Title

    An accurate numerical model for distributed Raman amplifiers

  • Author

    Kunarajah, E.A. ; Lepley, J.J. ; Siddiqui, A.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    234
  • Abstract
    We present, for the first time, a complete numerical analysis of Raman amplifiers including pump depletion and higher-order Stokes wave generation. Raman gain and OSNR in co-propagating, counterpropagating and bi-directionally pumped FRAs are examined.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; Raman gain; accurate numerical model; bi-directionally pumped fibre amplifiers; co-propagating fibre amplifiers; counterpropagating fibre amplifiers; distributed Raman amplifiers; higher-order Stokes wave generation; optical SNR; pump depletion; Distributed amplifiers; Equations; Laser excitation; Noise generators; Numerical analysis; Numerical models; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Stimulated emission; US Department of Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.988898
  • Filename
    988898