Title :
Enhanced Raman amplifier gain performance with HNLF broadening
Author :
Ellingham, T.J. ; Ania-Castanon, J.D. ; Turitsyn, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
Nonlinear CW pump broadening over non-standard transmission fiber is used for the first time to achieve superior gain variation performance in a single-pump broadband Raman amplifier. A threefold increase in the bandwidth for 0.1 dB gain variation is reported.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.1 dB; WDM; nonlinear CW pump broadening; nonstandard transmission fiber; single-pump broadband Raman amplifier; superior gain variation performance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
