Hybrid gain-flattened and reduced power excursion scheme for distributed Raman amplification

A.E. Bednyakova, M.P. Fedoruk, P. Harper, S.K. Turitsyn

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Abstract

We propose and evaluate through extensive numerical modelling a novel distributed hybrid amplification scheme combining first and second-order Raman pumping which gives reduced signal power excursion over a wide spatial-spectral range of 60 km × 80 nm in C + L-bands.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29140-29144
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Express
Volume21
Issue number24
Early online date18 Nov 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2013

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Funding: EPSRC project UNLOC (EP/J017582/1) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (14.B25.31.0003).

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