In situ design method for multichannel gain of a distributed Raman amplifier with multiwave OTDR

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1683-1685

  Kim, Pilhan ^a   Park, Jaehyoung ^a   Yoon, Hosung ^a   Park, Jonghan ^a   Park, Namkyoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gain spectrum; Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR); Raman amplifier (RA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFLECTOMETERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

RAMAN AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0036897117     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.804661     Document Type: Article

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