New model of noise figure and RIN transfer in fiber raman amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 980-982

  Bristiel, Bruno ^a   Jiang, Shifeng ^a   Gallion, Philippe ^a   Pincemin, Erwan ^b  

^a INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Noise figure (NF); Optical noise; Raman amplification; Relative intensity noise (RIN); Vacuum fluctuation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NOISE FIGURE (NF); OPTICAL NOISE; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN); VACUUM FLUCTUATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33645818767     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873551     Document Type: Article

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