• DocumentCode
    2403484
  • Title

    Design of all-optical gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers

  • Author

    Zambelis, Theodore ; Gryspolakis, Nikolaos ; Chen, L.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1050
  • Abstract
    Using numerical simulations, we design and analyze the performance of gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers using fibre bragg gratings (FBGs). In particular, we investigate the impact of the feedback wavelength on the gain-clamping properties.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; Raman spectra; infrared spectra; laser feedback; numerical analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; discrete fiber Raman amplifier design; feedback wavelength; fibre bragg grating; gain-clamping; numerical simulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband amplifiers; Gain control; Laser feedback; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Shape; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253170
  • Filename
    1253170