Capacity upgrades of transmission systems by Raman amplification

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 262-264

  Hansen, P B ^a   Eskildsen, L ^a   Grubb, S G ^a,b   Stentz, A J ^a   Strasser, T A ^a   Judkins, J ^a   DeMarco, J J ^a   Pedrazzani, R ^a   DiGiovanni, D J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b SDL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Raman lasers; Raman scattering; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TIMING CIRCUITS;

FABRY PEROT FILTER; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031077691     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.553113     Document Type: Article

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