Title :
An analytical expression for noise figure of forward pumped Raman amplifier
Author :
Premaratne, Malin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
For the first time, an exact analytic expression for noise figure of forward-pumped Raman amplifier is presented for unequal signal and pump loss coefficients. We confirm the validity by comparing the analytical solution with numerical calculations.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; forward pumped Raman amplifier; noise figure; pump loss coefficients; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Performance analysis; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274669
