Abstract
Backward-pumped Raman amplifiers exhibit transient phenomena similar to Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers. Power transients lasting for 50 µsec at the output of a Raman amplifier are observed and an accurate model to understand these transient effects in Raman optical amplifiers is developed.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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