DocumentCode
449173
Title
Distributed gain monitoring in a Raman amplifier based on a germania-glass-core silica-glass-cladding optical fiber
Author
Ravet, G. ; Fotiadi, A.A. ; Wuilpart, M. ; Blondel, M. ; Megret, P. ; Mashinsky, V.M. ; Dianov, E.M.
Author_Institution
Fac. Polytech. de Mons, Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Mons, Belgium
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
541
Abstract
Gain monitoring OTDR-technique recently demonstrated by some of us is now applied for characterizing a short Raman amplifier. Spectrum/power-pump/signal mapping of Raman gain profile in 100-m-long germania-glass-core fiber with a record gain ∼260 dB/km/W is reported.
Keywords
Raman lasers; gain measurement; germanium compounds; glass fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical glass; optical time-domain reflectometry; silicon compounds; 100 m; GeO2SiO2; OTDR-technique; Raman amplifier; Raman gain profile; distributed gain monitoring; germania-glass-core fiber; optical fiber; power-pump mapping; signal mapping; silica-glass-cladding fiber; spectrum mapping;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576376
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