Title :
Impact of Discrete Raman Amplifier Architecture on Nonlinear Impairments
Author :
Thiele, Hans Joerg ; Bromage, Jake ; Nelson, Lynn
Author_Institution :
Systems Testing Group, OFS Laboratories, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Road, Holmdel, NJ, 07733, USA, E-mail: thiele@ofsoptics.com
Abstract :
We compare the nonlinear pulse distortion of single and dual-stage discrete Raman amplifiers and confirm reduced nonlinearity for the single-stage design in an all-Raman WDM transmission experiment in the S-band over 12×l00 km.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
