Distribution measurement of Raman-gain and optical-loss characteristics in optical fibers

Opt Lett. 2003 Mar 1;28(5):307-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.000307.

Abstract

We propose a test method with which to measure the longitudinal distribution of Raman-gain characteristics in connected optical fibers. We describe a technique for obtaining the pump-loss distribution, knowledge of which is necessary for deriving the Raman-gain efficiency distribution, by the bidirectional measurement of Raman amplification. Based on this technique, we performed experiments and demonstrated that the Raman-gain efficiency distribution can be evaluated with the same equipment.