Study of Raman amplification with low cost incoherent pumps

✍ Scribed by Ana M. Rocha; B. Neto; M. Facão; P.S. André

• Book ID: 102520882
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 304 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.23074

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this study, we report the implementation and analysis of a Raman fiber amplifier based on low cost incoherent pumps. The amplifier performance was compared experimentally and theoretically, with a coherent pumping amplifier. A decrease of 0.03 dB/nm on the gain spectral tilt is achieved with the incoherent pumping amplifier, in co‐ and counter‐pumping configurations using a SMF fiber. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 301–303, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23074