Pump interactions in a 100-nm bandwidth Raman amplifier
H.D. KidorfTyco Submarine Systems Limited Laboratories, Eatontown, NJ, USAKarsten RottwittLucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, USAM. NissovTyco Submarine Systems Limited Laboratories, Eatontown, NJ, USAMengchao MaTyco Submarine Systems Limited Laboratories, Eatontown, NJ, USAE. RabarijaonaTyco Submarine Systems Limited Laboratories, Eatontown, NJ, USA
1999en
ABI
Abstract
A design for a 100-nm bandwidth Raman amplifier is presented. The amplifier is pumped with eight, 130-mW lasers with wavelengths ranging from 1416 to 1502 nm. The peak-to-peak gain ripple is 1.1 dB. A new model was developed for this design that includes pump-to-pump and signal-to-signal interactions in addition to double Rayleigh scattering and amplified spontaneous emission. An understanding of the interactions among these various effects was essential to this design. These modeling results are based on measurements of the physical characteristics of the transmission fiber.
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