• DocumentCode
    1871915
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192805
  • Filename
    1501336