Title :
Enabling C and L Band ULH Transmission by Mitigating Raman Pump FWM
Author :
Gertsvolf, M. ; Pourbahri, B. ; Harvey, H.J. ; Robinson, A.M. ; Luo, B.S. ; Parent, A.
Author_Institution :
Ceyba Inc., 450 March Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2K 3K2, Tel: +1
Abstract :
We quantified the NF penalties on combined C and L band transmission, arising from pump FWM in distributed Raman amplifiers. Experimental results demonstrate the elimination of the problem by synchronous modulation of the Raman pumps.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
