Full Wavelength Dependence of Raman Gain in Optical Fibers: Measurements Using a Single Pump Laser

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 309-310

  Newbury, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZERS (OSA); RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; BROADBAND SOURCES; FREQUENCY; PUMP LASER; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SIMPLE METHOD; SINGLE PUMPS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT;

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING; RANDOM ERRORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642424420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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