Transient effects in gain-clamped discrete Raman amplifier cascades

G Bolognini, F Di Pasquale - IEEE Photonics Technology …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter describes the dynamic characteristics of all-optically gain clamped discrete
Raman amplifier chains. Amplifier cascades are analyzed under channels add/drop …

Impact of the all-optical gain-clamping technique on the transience characteristics of cascaded discrete fiber Raman amplifiers

J Gest, LR Chen - Optics communications, 2007 - Elsevier
We theoretically analyse the dynamic response of amplifier cascades involving
combinations of unclamped and gain-clamped discrete fiber Raman amplifiers (DFRAs) in …

Transient gain dynamics in wide bandwidth discrete Raman amplifiers

S Gray - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper has described measurements of transient gain effects caused by dropping
channels in a wide bandwidth backward pumped discrete Raman amplifier. These …

Semianalytic dynamic gain-clamping method for the fiber Raman amplifier

P Kim, N Park - IEEE photonics technology letters, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a physically meaningful semianalytic gain-clamping algorithm for multipump
Raman fiber amplifier in large signal regime. By utilizing parameters from the steady state …

Systems aspects of Raman fibre amplifiers

DM Spirit, LC Blank, ST Davey, DL Williams - IEE Proceedings J …, 1990 - IET
Two distinct operating regimes for Raman amplification are identified. In the first case,
distributed Raman gain in standard system fibre is used to improve the end-to-end system …

Transient analysis in discrete fiber Raman amplifiers

L Zhang, S Wang, C Fan - Optics communications, 2001 - Elsevier
Analytical expressions, basic rules and physical interpretation of transient phenomena in
discrete fiber Raman amplifiers (FRAs) are presented in this paper, and agree well with …

Modelling of a pump-power-controlled gain-locking system for multi-pump wideband Raman fibre amplifiers

M Karasek, J Kaňka, P Honzatko, P Peterka - IEE Proceedings-Optoelectronics, 2004 - IET
Transient gain response of optical amplifiers to the addition/removal of channels is a major
problem in multi-wavelength amplified optical networks. In order to avoid error bursts in the …

A new technique for dynamic gain profile control in a multi-wavelength backward-pumped discrete Raman amplifier

X Zhou, M Birk - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 - opg.optica.org
A new technique for dynamic gain profile control in a multiwavelength backward-pumped
discrete Raman amplifier Page 1 1 160 200 240 280 320 360 400 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 …

Cross-gain modulation in Raman fiber amplifier: experimentation and modeling

M Menif, M Karásek, LA Rusch - IEEE Photonics Technology …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effects of channel loss on the performance of Raman fiber amplifiers (RFA) are
investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Signals from one distributed-feedback …

Impact of discrete Raman amplifier architecture on nonlinear impairments

HJ Thiele, J Bromage, L Nelson - 2002 28TH European …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Impact of Discrete Raman Amplifier Architecture on Nonlinear Impairments Page 1 Symposium
3.9 IMPACT OF DISCRETERAMAN AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE ON NONLINEAR …