DocumentCode
405434
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
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
15-19 Dec. 2003
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7766-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274669
Filename
1274669
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