Double Rayleigh scattering noise in Raman amplifiers using pump time-division-multiplexing schemes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1286-1288

  Bolognini, G ^a   Sugliani, S ^b   Di Pasquale, F ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical communications; Optical fiber amplifiers; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; RAMAN AMPLIFIERS;

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

EID: 2442612767     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826223     Document Type: Article

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