Title :
PMD effects in fiber-based Raman amplifiers
Author :
Lin, Q. ; Agrawal, G.
Author_Institution :
Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
We develop a vector theory to study the PMD effects on Raman amplification and use it to show that PMD not only makes the Raman gain to depend on signal polarization but also induces large fluctuations in the amplified signal.
Keywords :
distributed amplifiers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; vectors; Raman amplification; Raman gain; fiber-based Raman amplifiers; polarisation mode dispersion; signal polarization; vector theory; Birefringence; Equations; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Probability distribution; Random processes; Signal processing; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247566
