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Influences on gain performance of discrete fiber Raman amplifier

ZHIQIANG CHEN1,* , JIPING NING1, QUN HAN1

Affiliation

  1. College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, 300072 China

Abstract

The effects on gain level and gain flatness of discrete Raman fiber amplifier are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Gain level is related to pump configuration and signal power in certain pump power and fiber length. Gain flatness depends on gain level and signal power. A numerical model has been used for the theoretical analysis. The optimization algorithm for gain-flattened amplifier also has been used for the gain flatness analysis. In a conclusion, if the pump power increases to obtain high net gain level in large signal power case, the good gain flatness should be obtained through changing pump wavelength and pump number in the case.

Keywords

Raman amplifier, Gain flatness, Saturation, Optical fiber communication.

Citation

ZHIQIANG CHEN, JIPING NING, QUN HAN, Influences on gain performance of discrete fiber Raman amplifier, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 1, 1, January 2007, pp.12-18 (2007).

Submitted at: Dec. 21, 2006

Accepted at: Jan. 12, 2007