Experimental investigation of stimulated Raman scattering limitation on WDM transmission over various types of fiber infrastructures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 671-673

  Bigo, Sébastien ^a   Gauchard, Stéphane ^a   Bertaina, Alain ^a   Hamaide, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LOSS; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; RAMAN GAIN COEFFICIENT; RAMAN INDUCED POWER TILT; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 0032689327     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.766780     Document Type: Article

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