• DocumentCode
    398954
  • Title

    1 THz-step bandwidth upgrades in broadband Raman amplifier by adding pump laser diodes

  • Author

    Oguri, A. ; Emori, Y. ; Namiki, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    426
  • Abstract
    A bandwidth-upgradeable Raman amplifier by adding laser diodes at different wavelengths was developed. We show that the total cumulative pump power can be decreased to one half for the bandwidth extension toward shorter wavelength as compared with the opposite case.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; Raman spectra; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; wideband amplifiers; 1 THz; bandwidth-upgradeable; broadband Raman amplifier; pump laser diodes; pump power; Bandwidth; Bridge circuits; Broadband amplifiers; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Probability distribution; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248316
  • Filename
    1248316