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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
