Cross-gain modulation in Raman fiber amplifier: Experimentation and modeling

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1261-1263

  Menif, Mourad ^a,b   Karásek, Miroslav ^c   Rusch, Leslie Ann ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation; Power transients; Raman distributed fiber; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CROSS-GAIN MODULATION;

BANDPASS FILTERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT MODULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036741315     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.801065     Document Type: Article

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