Gain ripple minimization in fiber Raman amplifiers based on variational method

Optics Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1545-1557

  Bahrampour, A R ^a,b   Ghasempour, A ^a   Rahimi, L ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Raman amplifier; Raman gain flatness; Variational method

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELENGTH;

AVERAGE GAIN; RAMAN GAIN FLATNESS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 38549165160     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.11.057     Document Type: Article

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