RIN transfer measurement and modeling in dual-order Raman fiber amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1518-1523

  Mermelstein, M D ^a   Brar, K ^a   Headley, C ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Raman amplification; Optical communications; Optical fiber amplifiers; Raman scattering; Relative intensity noise (RIN)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; DUAL ORDER RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIER; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; SINGLE ORDER RAMAN FIBER AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0042420651     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.812461     Document Type: Article

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