Experimental validation of double-pass discrete Raman amplifier limitation for large signals

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 493-495

  Ali, M I Md ^a   Zamzuri, A K ^a   Ahmad, A ^a   Mohamad, R ^a   Mahdi, M A ^b  

^a Telekom Research and Development Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Discrete Raman amplifier (DRA); Double pass; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; DISCRETE RAMAN AMPLIFIER; DOUBLE PASS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FOUR-CHANNEL; LARGE-SIGNALS; MODULATED SIGNAL; MULTI-CHANNEL; RAMAN AMPLIFIER; SBS THRESHOLD; WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM;

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 33846915457     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863630     Document Type: Article

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