Abstract
We demonstrate 100 nm bandwidth Raman amplifiers using 12-wavelength-channel WDM pump laser diode unit. The gain flatness is less than ±0.5dB, which is achieved through an asymmetric channel allocation of pump and without any gain equalization filters.
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