• DocumentCode
    2007710
  • Title

    Backward Raman amplification in randomly-birefringent and spun fibers

  • Author

    Galtarossa, A. ; Palmieri, L. ; Santagiustina, M. ; Ursini, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Information Eng., Padova Univ., Italy
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    The vector interaction of a counter-propagating Raman pump and a signal is numerically solved for randomly birefringent spun fibers. High gain enhancement and reduced variance are attained even for large polarization mode dispersion.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; birefringence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; Raman pump; backward Raman amplification; gain enhancement; polarization mode dispersion; randomly birefringence; spun fibers; Birefringence; Equations; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission; Stochastic processes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215465
  • Filename
    1636496