Low-noise high gain dispersion compensating broadband Raman amplifier

Author

Lewis, S.A.E. ; Koch, F. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll., London, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

5

Abstract

Raman gain module compensating for both loss and dispersion of a 40 km standard telecommunication fiber span over the 1510-1565 nm band is reported. The optimized configuration ensures a low signal-spontaneous noise figure and negligible double Rayleigh scattering noise. The high gain margin of the amplifier makes it applicable for compensation of an 80 km span.

Keywords

Compensation; Laser noise; Optical communication equipment; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Raman lasers; 1510 to 1565 nm; 40 km; 80 km; Raman gain module compensation; high gain margin; low signal-spontaneous noise figure; low-noise high gain dispersion compensating broadband Raman amplifier; negligible double Rayleigh scattering noise; optical fibre dispersion compensation; optical fibre loss compensation; optimized configuration; standard telecommunication fiber span; Broadband amplifiers; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868355

Filename

868355