Gain profile optimization for Raman+EDFA hybrid amplifiers with recycled pumps for WDM systems

An approximated technique to quickly optimize the gain profile of multi-pump broadband hybrid amplifiers under residual pump recycling in WDM systems is proposed. It is based on the amplifier spectral equalization by adjusting the flexible gain profile of a multi-pump Raman amplification stage to co...

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Main Authors: Márcia M. Jardim Martini, Carlos Eduardo S. Castellani, Maria José Pontes, Moisés R. N. Ribeiro, Hypolito José Kalinowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica; Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo
Series:Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications
Subjects:
WDM
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-10742010000200004&lng=en&tlng=en