Title :
Effect of Raman amplification on stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold in dispersion compensating fibres
Author :
Mehendale, M. ; Kobyakov, A. ; Vasilyev, M. ; Tsuda, S. ; Evans, A.F.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
fDate :
3/14/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An investigation of how the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold of dispersion compensating fibres is affected by Raman amplification is presented. Experimental data is in good agreement with the threshold values predicted by the theoretical approach
Keywords :
Raman lasers; compensation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Raman amplification; dispersion compensating fibres; fibre transmission systems; stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold; theoretical approach; threshold values;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020196
