Title : 
High gain and low noise discrete amplifier based on a second order Raman fiber ring oscillator
         
        
            Author : 
Faralli, Stefano ; Kim, Pilhan ; Cantini, Claudia ; Sacchi, Giovanni ; Bolognini, Gabriele ; Park, Namkyoo ; Pasquale, Fabrizio Di
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a second order counter-pumped Raman ring fiber oscillator for high gain and low noise discrete Raman amplification. BER measurement at 10 Gb/s shows negligible penalties up to 20 dB net gain.
         
        
            Keywords : 
error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; BER measurement; WDM; noise discrete Raman amplification; second order Raman fiber ring oscillator;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
IET
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-86341-543-1