Phase-matched four-wave mixing between pumps and signals in a copumped Raman amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-211

  Wong, William S ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Ho, Min Chen ^a   Lee, Hak Kyu ^a  

^a Onetta Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Pumps; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; GAIN MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COPUMPED RAMAN AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL MIXING; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037318775     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806074     Document Type: Article

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