• DocumentCode
    421212
  • Title

    Performance of a mostly Raman-amplified dispersion-managed fiber loop with polarization scrambling

  • Author

    Lenihan, A.S. ; Sun, Yu ; Carter, G.M. ; Menyuk, C.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    653
  • Lastpage
    2655
  • Abstract
    We have investigated the system performance of a mostly Raman-amplified, polarization scrambled recirculating fiber loop. The lone EDFA characteristics dominate the Q-factor distributions, indicating the Raman amplification is not a source of polarization dependent impairments.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; Raman lasers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre subscriber loops; EDFA; Q-factor distributions; Raman-amplified dispersion-managed fiber loop; polarization dependent impairments; polarization scrambled recirculating fiber loop;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359608