Title :
Theoretical Analysis on the PMD-Assisted Pump-to-Signal Noise Transfer in Distributed Fiber Raman Amplifiers
Author :
Jiang, Shifeng ; Gallion, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris
Abstract :
A theoretical analysis on the pump-to-signal noise transfer, in the presence of the polarization mode dispersion in the distributed fiber Raman amplifiers, is presented. We analytically show the impact of temporal fluctuations of the pump state of polarization on the relative intensity noise of the amplified signal. The system performance degradations are then estimated with analytical expressions.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; distributed fiber Raman amplifiers; polarization mode dispersion; pump-to-signal noise transfer; relative intensity noise; system performance degradations; Birefringence; Distributed amplifiers; Fluctuations; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission; System performance; Distributed Raman amplification (DRA); polarization mode dispersion (PMD); relative intensity noise (RIN);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2007.905226
