DocumentCode
1985269
Title
Pump-to-Stokes transfer of relative intensity noise in Raman fiber lasers
Author
Krause, Michael ; Cierullies, Sven ; Renner, Hagen ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst
Author_Institution
Technische Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We investigate the effect of pump-to-Stokes relative intensity noise transfer in Raman fiber lasers on the performance of copumped Raman amplifiers. We show that the effect can be mitigated by proper design of pump lasers.
Keywords
Raman lasers; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman lasers; WDM; copumped Raman amplifiers; fiber lasers; optical communication systems; pump lasers; pump-to-Stokes transfer; relative intensity noise;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361220
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