Extending the flat gain bandwidth of combined Raman-parametric fiber amplifiers using highly nonlinear fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6455, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Arend, M F ^a   Ummy, M A ^a   Leng, L ^b   Dorsinville, R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain curve; Highly nonlinear fiber; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical parametric amplifier; Raman amplifier

Indexed keywords

GAIN CURVE; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBER; PARAMETRIC GAIN; RAMAN AMPLIFIER;

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34247373810     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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