Influence of polarization on pump-signal RIN transfer and cross-phase modulation in copumped Raman amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3490-3505

  Martinelli, Catherine ^a,b   Lorcy, Laurence ^a   Durécu Legrand, Anne ^a,c   Mongardien, Dominique ^a   Borne, Sophie ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Polarization; Raman amplifiers; Relative intensity noise (RIN)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

NONLINEAR GAIN; RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; RAMAN PUMPS; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN) TRANSFER;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33947652773     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.879218     Document Type: Article

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