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Dependence of double-Rayleigh backscatter noise in Raman amplifiers on gain and pump depletion

Jake Bromage, C.H. Kim, R.M. Jopson, K. Rottwitt, and A.J. Stentz

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Abstract

Double-Rayleigh scattering of signals in Raman amplifiers degrades system performance. Using a self-homodyne technique, we measure the increase in noise with gain and show that pump depletion only slightly reduces the noise.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

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