Title :
Four-wave mixing induced gain suppression and signal degradation in a co-pumped distributed Raman amplifier
Author :
Kung, Tsu-Te ; Dung, Jeng-Chemg ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We observed experimentally Raman gain suppression and signal degradation in a co-pumped distributed Raman amplifier and explained these are due to the pump-signal four-wave mixing over a 50 km of nonzero dispersion shifted fiber.
Keywords :
distributed amplifiers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical information processing; optical pumping; 50 km; Raman gain suppression; co-pumped distributed Raman amplifier; four-wave mixing; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; signal degradation; Crosstalk; Degradation; Distributed amplifiers; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Probes; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274489
