Applicability of silica core photonic crystal fiber for distributed Raman amplification transmission

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Fukai, Chisato ^a   Nakajima, Kazuhide ^a   Kurokawa, Kenji ^a   Tajima, Katsusuke ^a   Matsui, Takashi ^a   Shiraki, Kazuyuki ^a   Kurashima, Toshio ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed Raman amplification; Raman gain coefficient; Signal to noise ratio; Silica core photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICA; WAVELENGTH;

DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; RAMAN GAIN COEFFICIENTS; SILICA CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 44449164519     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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