Title :
Low resolution distributed measurement of fiber optical parametric amplifiers gain
Author :
Alishahi, F. ; Vedadi, A. ; Shoaie, A. ; Mehrany, K. ; Salehi, Jawad
Author_Institution :
E.E. Dept., Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Using high power pulsed pump, a simple scheme based on BOTDA is proposed to measure the FOPA gain along the fiber. Employing this technique, gain mapping with 2 meters resolution is reported.
Keywords :
gain measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; optical parametric amplifiers; BOTDA; Brillouin optical time domain analysis; fiber optical parametric amplifier gain; high power pulsed pump; low resolution distributed measurement; Gain measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Probes; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
