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
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