The instability in Raman amplifiers due to Brillouin scattering is observed for the first time and successfully suppressed by phase modulation. A U-band 40 Gb/s WDM transmission experiment demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed suppression technique.
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Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
(Volume:1
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Date of Conference: 23-27 Feb. 2004