Title :
100 nm bandwidth flat gain Raman amplifiers pumped and gain-equalized by 12-wavelength-channel WDM high power laser diodes
Author :
Emori, Y. ; Namiki, S.
Author_Institution :
Opto-Technol. Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate 100 nm bandwidth Raman amplifiers using 12-wavelength-channel WDM pump laser diode unit. The gain flatness is less than /spl plusmn/0.5 dB, which is achieved through an asymmetric channel allocation of pump and without any gain equalization filters.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; equalisers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 12-wavelength-channel WDM high power laser diodes; 12-wavelength-channel WDM pump laser diode unit; EDFA; asymmetric channel allocation; flat gain Raman amplifiers; gain equalization filters; gain flatness; gain-equalized; laser pumping; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Diode lasers; High power amplifiers; Insertion loss; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Resource description framework; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766052
