Theoretical Analysis on the PMD-Assisted Pump-to-Signal Noise Transfer in Distributed Fiber Raman Amplifiers

• Published in: Journal of lightwave technology Vol. 25; no. 10; pp. 3185 - 3192
• Main Authors: Shifeng Jiang, Gallion, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.10.2007; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)/Optical Society of America(OSA)
• Subjects: Amplifiers; Applied sciences; Birefringence; Circuit properties; Distributed amplifiers; Distributed Raman amplification (DRA); Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Engineering Sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Exact solutions; Fibers; Fluctuation; Fluctuations; Integrated optics. Optical fibers and wave guides; Mathematical analysis; Noise; Optical and optoelectronic circuits; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communications; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical telecommunications; Polarization mode dispersion; polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Pumps; relative intensity noise (RIN); Signal analysis; Stimulated emission; System performance; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Performance evaluation; Distributed Raman amplification (DRA); Relative intensity; Polarization mode dispersion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Degradation; Distributed amplifiers; Raman scattering; Analytical method; Optical amplifier; Dielectric resonator antennas; Optical fiber communication; relative intensity noise (RIN); Optical amplification; Damaging; polarization mode dispersion (PMD)
• ISSN: 0733-8724; 1558-2213
• DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.905226

A theoretical analysis on the pump-to-signal noise transfer, in the presence of the polarization mode dispersion in the distributed fiber Raman amplifiers, is presented. We analytically show the impact of temporal fluctuations of the pump state of polarization on the relative intensity noise of the amplified signal. The system performance degradations are then estimated with analytical expressions.