• DocumentCode
    1203969
  • Title

    Quantitative analysis of Rayleigh crosstalk in Raman amplifiers

  • Author

    Kobyakov, A. ; Gray, S. ; Vasilyev, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    732
  • Lastpage
    733
  • Abstract
    Exact and approximate analytical formulas for the inband crosstalk caused by discrete reflection followed by Rayleigh backscattering are derived. Also, a simplified expression for the double Rayleigh backscattered power is found and the total crosstalk in terms of elementary functions is calculated. Results of measurements performed in a nonzero dispersion-shifted fibre agree with theoretical predictions within 1 dB.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; Rayleigh scattering; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; Raman amplifier; Rayleigh backscattering; Rayleigh crosstalk; discrete reflection; double Rayleigh backscattering; in-band crosstalk; nonzero dispersion-shifted fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030489
  • Filename
    1199968