Title :
Fiber raman amplifiers with suppressed polarization impairments
Author :
Sergeyev, Sergey ; Popov, Sergei ; Friberg, Ari T.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Res. Group, Waterford Inst. of Technol., Waterford, Ireland
Abstract :
By using two-section fiber where the first section has no spin and the second one is periodically spun, we demonstrate reduced polarization dependent gain and polarization mode dispersion in a distributed fiber Raman amplifier.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; fiber Raman amplifier; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-dependent gain reduction; suppressed polarization impairment; Biomedical optical imaging; Distributed amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (190.5650) Raman effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
