Calculating the Raman pump distribution to achieve minimum gain ripple

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1503-1509

  Grant, Andrew R ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad band amplifiers; Optical propagation; Raman scattering; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PUMP CONTINUUM; RAMAN PUMP DISTRIBUTION;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0036853169     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.804261     Document Type: Article

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