Eliminating SRS channel depletion in massive WDM systems via optical filtering techniques

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 302-304

  McIntosh, Christopher M ^a   Grandpierre, Alexandra G ^b   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^b   Toulouse, Jean ^a   Delavaux, Jean Marc P ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Stimulated Raman scattering; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING (SRS);

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 0035306652     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.917832     Document Type: Article

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