TY - JOUR
T1 - Raman gain efficiency distribution measurement in single-mode optical fibers by using backscattering technique
AU - Toge, Kunihiro
AU - Hogari, Kazuo
AU - Horiguchi, Tsuneo
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PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - This letter proposes a new method for measuring a longitudinal distribution of the Raman gain efficiency in concatenations of single-mode optical fibers by using a backscattering technique and a pulsed pump light. The advantages of this method is that it can provide us with an easy operation for measuring optical fiber networks because all the measurement instruments are installed together at one end of the concatenation of optical fibers, and that it also provides a high resolution of the measurement according to the pump pulsewidth. We perform an experiment employing this method and confirm that it can be used to measure Raman gain efficiency distribution easily.
AB - This letter proposes a new method for measuring a longitudinal distribution of the Raman gain efficiency in concatenations of single-mode optical fibers by using a backscattering technique and a pulsed pump light. The advantages of this method is that it can provide us with an easy operation for measuring optical fiber networks because all the measurement instruments are installed together at one end of the concatenation of optical fibers, and that it also provides a high resolution of the measurement according to the pump pulsewidth. We perform an experiment employing this method and confirm that it can be used to measure Raman gain efficiency distribution easily.
KW - Optical fiber amplifiers
KW - Optical fiber communication
KW - Optical fiber measurements
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U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2005.851014
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2005.851014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23844456545
VL - 17
SP - 1704
EP - 1706
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
SN - 1041-1135
IS - 8
ER -