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
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