Polarisation dependence and gain tilt of Raman amplifiers for WDM systems

• We investigate the polarisation dependence and gain tilt of Raman amplifiers for WDM systems. We find no polarisation dependence of the gain for backward propagating pumps. Results from experiments on commercial 32-channel WDM system are presented, highlighting the effect of gain tilt and pump depletion.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Amplification

Electromagnetic wave polarization

Fiber optic networks

Gain measurement

Light amplifiers

Backward propagating pumps

Gain tilt

Raman amplifiers

Wavelength division multiplexing

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