Pump-noise induced FWM effect and its reduction in a distributed Raman fiber amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1686-1688

  Zhou, Xiang ^a   Birk, Martin ^a   Woodward, Sheryl ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber; Fiber optical amplifiers; Four wave mixing (FWM); Raman

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; PUMPING (LASER); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISTRIBUTED RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036895513     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.804660     Document Type: Article

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