Novel methods for fast fiber Raman amplifier pump configuration

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1713-1720

  Wen, He ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Gu, Wanyi ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Gain control; Linear system; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pumps; Raman fiber amplifier; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIN CONTROL; INVARIANCE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIER PUMP CONFIGURATION; COMBINED GENERIC ALGORITHM; FIBER RAMAN AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PUMP POWER INTEGRAL IMPULSE SEQUENCE; RAMAN GAIN PROFILE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 18944363411     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.843844     Document Type: Article

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