Title :
Bi-directionally pumped broadband Raman amplifier
Author :
Yihong Chen ; Singh, Ashutosh ; Lunardi, Leda ; Lumish, Stan ; Achtenhagen, Martin ; Singh, Rajdeep ; Inniss, Daryl
Author_Institution :
JDS Uniphase Corp., Freehold, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A two-wavelength bi-directional Raman pump scheme is proposed and tested. Gain flatness of better than 1.5 dB over the C-band was achieved. The new schemes improved signal-to-noise ratio and no noticeable BER penalty due to pump-signal crosstalk was observed.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; 1.5 dB; BER penalty; C-band; bi-directionally pumped broadband Raman amplifier; gain flatness; pump-signal crosstalk; signal-to-noise ratio; two-wavelength bi-directional Raman pump scheme; Bidirectional control; Broadband amplifiers; Crosstalk; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.988896
