Abstract
The application of a high-power, compact, high-efficiency, fiber laser source for pumping fiber Raman amplifiers at 1.3 μm to distributed Raman amplification over a 35 km length of standard telecommunications fiber was investigated. Transparency over this length was observed for a launched pump power of 600 mW and low noise figures were measured under these conditions. Initial investigations to wavelength-division multiplexed applications employing two signal channels separated by approximately 2 nm showed no crosstalk effect and equal, mutually independent gains were measured for both channels. Short pulse amplification and transmission were measured and distortion-free transmission of 18-ps soliton pulses at 10-GHz repetition rate over 37.8 km STF were observed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 345 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Optical Fiber Communications - Dallas, TX, USA Duration: Feb 16 1997 → Feb 21 1997 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Optical Fiber Communications |
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| City | Dallas, TX, USA |
| Period | 2/16/97 → 2/21/97 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering