Title :
Performance analysis of all-optical gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers
Author :
Gest, Johann ; Chen, Laawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We compare theoretically the dynamic response of all-optical gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers in which the lasing signal is created using either a feedback loop or a pair of fiber Bragg gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; laser feedback; optical fibre amplifiers; all-optical gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers; feedback loop; fiber Bragg gratings; Bandwidth; Doped fiber amplifiers; Feedback loop; Laser feedback; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Performance analysis; Steady-state; Stimulated emission; US Department of Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363547
