Title :
Suppression of optical SNR degradation due to Rayleigh scattered pump light in broadband Raman amplifier
Author :
Tanaka, Toshiki ; Nakamoto, Hiroshi ; Torii, Kenichi ; Naito, Takao ; Yokota, Izumi
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki
Abstract :
We have proposed and demonstrated two kinds of optical filters to increase the available signal bandwidth to 97.6% of the 119-nm full bandwidth, and to reduce the optical SNR degradation to less than 1 dB
Keywords :
Raman lasers; Rayleigh scattering; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical pumping; optical transmitters; Rayleigh scattering; broadband Raman amplifier; optical SNR degradation; optical filters; optical signal-to-noise ratio; optical transmitter; pump light; signal bandwidth availability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
