New Design Method for a WDM System Employing Broad-Band Raman Amplification

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 912-914

  Zhou, Xiang ^a   Birk, Martin ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad band amplification; Noise; Nonlinearity; Raman; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; CROSSTALK; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BROAD-BAND AMPLIFICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE (CW) COUNTERPUMPING;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 1642602715     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823726     Document Type: Article

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