Title :
Accurate Raman gain measurement of field deployed optical fiber cables with small pumping power
Author :
Miyakawa, Takayuki ; Nagao, Yasuyuki ; Nakada, Masakazu
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We have succeeded in measuring the Raman gain of field deployed optical cables accurately with an average pumping power of only about 25 mW. We assessed the fiber/cable dependency and the ambient temperature dependency of the Raman gain for forty fibers.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; optical cables; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical variables measurement; Raman gain measurement; ambient temperature dependency; cable dependency; distributed fiber Raman amplifiers; fiber dependency; field deployed optical fiber cables; pumping power; Gain measurement; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Power measurement; Probes; Stimulated emission; US Department of Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192805
