Title :
Effect of polarization on remote Raman amplification in WDM-PON
Author :
Acharya, Kavan K. ; Raja, M. Yasin Akhtar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we report the results of our study on the effect of polarization of the pump on the downstream data signal in a remote Raman amplified WDM-PON. It was observed that for linearly polarized pump, if the azimuth angle was increased beyond 50°, the BER of the downstream signal fell below the threshold of 1e-12. The maximum gain due to remote Raman amplification was obtained at the azimuth angle of 5°.
Keywords :
amplification; error statistics; optical fibre networks; polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; WDM-PON; linearly polarized pump; optical fiber communication; passive optical networks; polarization effect; remote Raman amplification; wavelength division multiplexing; Channel spacing; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical network units; Optical pumping; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Degree of Polarization; Optical Fiber Communication; Passive Optical Network; Raman Amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
High-Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2009 6th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5992-6
DOI :
10.1109/HONET.2009.5423072
