Analysis of fiber Raman amplifiers noise performance

• Main Author: He, Xin.
• Other Authors: Shum, Ping
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/4354
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Over the past years, the development of dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) systems has made great progress, with expectation to span the entire low-loss range of 1.2-1.7 micrometer in silica fibers. This huge bandwidth is only accessible if suitable optical amplifiers are available.