Abstract
Mechanisms and impact of signal degradation in Raman amplifier with co-propagating pump is investigated. The eye penalty induced by two distinct mechanisms can be significant so that appropriate selection of signal and pump wavelengths are necessary.
© 2002 Optical Society of America
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