• DocumentCode
    909824
  • Title

    New design method for a WDM system employing broad-band Raman amplification

  • Author

    Zhou, Xiang ; Birk, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Res., AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    912
  • Lastpage
    914
  • Abstract
    The authors propose and demonstrate a new design method for a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) system employing broad-band Raman amplification. Based on the proposed method, the noise/nonlinear performance can be improved by more than 1.7 dB for a 100-nm bandwidth WDM system by purely continuous-wave counterpumping.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical noise; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM system; broad-band Raman amplification; continuous-wave counterpumping; noise/nonlinear performance; wavelength-division multiplexing; Crosstalk; Degradation; Design methodology; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Performance gain; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.823726
  • Filename
    1269837