• DocumentCode
    378229
  • Title

    Simple gain control method for broadband Raman amplifiers gain-flattened by multi-wavelength pumping

  • Author

    Emori, Yoshihiro ; Kado, Soko ; Namiki, Shu

  • Author_Institution
    Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    158
  • Abstract
    We propose and experimentally demonstrate that, for broadband Raman amplifiers with five wavelength pump channels, gain flatness can be preserved at different gain levels by means of changing only two parameters to control the launched pump power.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; distributed amplifiers; gain control; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; WDM transmission systems; broadband Raman amplifiers; distributed Raman amplifiers; gain control method; gain flatness; launched pump power; multi-wavelength pumping; wavelength pump channels; Broadband amplifiers; Control systems; Distributed amplifiers; Gain control; Optical amplifiers; Performance gain; Photonics; Power amplifiers; Shape control; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.988862
  • Filename
    988862
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=378229