• DocumentCode
    970754
  • Title

    Low-Noise Fiber Raman Amplifiers Based on a Raman Ring Fiber Oscillator

  • Author

    Ahn, Joon Tae ; Seo, Hong-Seok ; Park, Bong Je ; Chung, Woon Jin ; Kim, Kyong Hon

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1898
  • Lastpage
    1900
  • Abstract
    We propose two discrete fiber Raman amplifier schemes using Raman ring fiber oscillator, a two-stage scheme, and a forward pumping scheme, to reduce double Rayleigh backscattering noise at high gains over 20 dB. Both schemes have low noise characteristics compared to a previous scheme. Bit-error-rate measurements at 10 Gb/s show power penalty free operation for the two-stage scheme at a gain of 25 dB.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; ring lasers; Raman ring fiber oscillator; Rayleigh backscattering noise; low-noise fiber raman amplifiers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Low-noise amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Ring oscillators; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Optical communications; Raman amplifier; Raman laser; optical fiber amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2007.908452
  • Filename
    4380465