DocumentCode
421986
Title
Gain-flattened gain-clamped discrete Raman amplifier
Author
Yam, S.S.-H. ; Marchic, M.E. ; Akasaka, Y. ; Kazovsky, L.G.
Author_Institution
Photonics & Networking Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We demonstrated effective optical gain clamping for gain-flattened S-band discrete Raman amplifier. Gain flattening is achieved by pumping at multiple wavelengths. Minimum input signal dynamic range is over 18 dB in different cases of lasing wavelengths.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; gain-flattened S-band discrete Raman amplifier; optical gain clamping; pumping;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361450
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