Raman amplifiers for WDM optical communications

Author

Stentz, A.J.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

205

Abstract

Summary form only given. Raman amplification is certain to play an ever increasing role in optical communication systems due to its remarkable versatility. With the capability to generate gain at any wavelength in both distributed and discrete configurations, Raman amplification has enabled many exciting new demonstrations of novel communication systems at 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 /spl mu/m. In this talk, we will review these recent results and will discuss noise and pump-laser issues associated with the use of Raman amplification.

Keywords

Raman lasers; laser noise; laser transitions; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman amplification; Raman amplifiers; WDM optical communications; discrete configurations; distributed configurations; laser noise; nonlinear Raman fibre laser amplifiers; optical communication systems; pump-laser issues; review; Electromagnetic scattering; Light scattering; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Raman scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834086

Filename

834086