Raman Amplifiers for Telecommunications 1 (Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 90/1)

List of Contributors Forward by Dr. Robert W. Lucky Preface and Book Summary 1. Overview of Raman Amplification in Telecommunications Mohammed N. Islam Section A. Physics 2. Fundamentals of Raman Amplification in Fibers R. H. Stolen 3. Time-division Multiplexing of Pump Wavelengths A. R. Grant, L.F. Mollenauer 4. Linear Noise Characteristics C.R.S. Fludger 5. Pump Laser Diodes and WDM Pumping Shu Namiki, Naoki Tsukiji, and Yoshihiro Emori 6. Dispersion Compensating Fibers for Raman Applications L. Gruner-Nielsen and Y. Qian 7. New Raman Fibers Evgeny M. Dianov 8. Noise due to Fast Gain Dynamics C.R.S. Fludger 9. Forward, Bidirectional and Higher-Order Raman Amplification Stojan Radic Section B. Sub-Systems & Modules 10. S-Band Raman Amplifiers Mohammed N. Islam 11. Raman Fiber Lasers C. Headley, M. Mermelstein and J. C. Bouteiller, 12. Distributed Raman Transmission: Applications and Fiber Issues Alan Evans, Andrey Kobyakov and Michael Vasilyev 13. Hybrid EDFA/Raman Amplifiers Hiroji Masuda 14. Wideband Raman Amplifiers Mohammed N. Islam, Carl DeWilde and Amos Kuditcher Section C. Systems Design & Experiments 15. Multiple Path Interference and its Impact on System Design J. Bromage, P.J. Winzer and R.-J. Essiambre 16. Raman Impairments in WDM Systems P.M. Krummrich 17. Ultra-Long-Haul Submarine and Terrestrial Applications Howard Kidorf, Morton Nissov and Dmitri Foursa 18. Ultra-long-haul, dense WDM using Dispersion-Managed Solitons in an all-Raman System Linn F. Mollenauer 19. 40Gb/s Raman-Amplified Transmission L. Nelson and B. Zhu

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