Dynamic Properties of Double-Pass Discrete Raman Amplifier With FBG-Based All-Optical Gain Clamping Techniques

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 768-770

  Tang, M ^a,b   Gong, Y D ^b   Shum, P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Discrete Raman amplifiers (DRA); Double pass; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Gain clamping

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE RAMAN AMPLIFIERS (DRA); DOUBLE PASS; GAIN CLAMPING;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CLAMPING DEVICES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1642618402     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823709     Document Type: Article

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