DocumentCode
452202
Title
Tuning Speed Requirements for Time-Division Multiplexed Raman Pump Lasers
Author
Winzer, Peter J. ; Bromage, Jake ; Kane, Richard T. ; Sammer, Peter A. ; Headley, Clifford
Author_Institution
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
System penalties from temporal gain variations in time-division multiplexed Raman pumping are experimentally quantified. For a 100 km span with 15 dB on/off Raman gain, the pump frequency repetition rate should exceed 10 kHz for less than 0.5 dB penalty
Keywords
Raman lasers; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; time division multiplexing; 10 kHz; 100 km; Raman pump lasers; fiber Raman-resonator lasers; on/off Raman gain; temporal gain variations; time-division multiplexing; tuning speed requirements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1600992
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