• DocumentCode
    412150
  • Title

    Effect of pump depletion on the noise figure of distributed Raman amplifiers

  • Author

    Vasilyev, M. ; Kobyakov, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We experimentally and theoretically investigate the degradation of noise figure of backward-pumped distributed Raman amplifier due to pump depletion.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; backward-pumped distributed Raman amplifiers; fiber optic amplifier; fiber optics communication; noise figure degradation; pump depletion; Degradation; Distributed amplifiers; Electrons; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298299