DocumentCode
2845855
Title
Gain statistics of a fiber optical Raman amplifier with a temporally incoherent pump
Author
Xu, Y.Q. ; Murdoch, S.G.
Author_Institution
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
fYear
2010
fDate
19-23 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We investigate the statistics of the gain fluctuations of a Raman fiber amplifier pumped with a temporally incoherent pump. We present a simple theory whose predictions are in good agreement with our numerical and experimental results.
Keywords
Raman spectra; amplification; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; statistical analysis; fiber optical Raman amplifier; gain statistics; temporally incoherent pump; Gain; Gain measurement; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optimized production technology; Probability distribution; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Torino
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8534-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621309
Filename
5621309
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