Performance of lumped fiber Raman amplifiers using highly nonlinear fibers or nonlinear photonic crystal fibers

Hui Zhang; Xiupu Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.707717

8 September 2006 Performance of lumped fiber Raman amplifiers using highly nonlinear fibers or nonlinear photonic crystal fibers

Hui Zhang, Xiupu Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 6343, Photonics North 2006; 63430Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707717
Event: Photonics North 2006, 2006, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

Lumped fiber Raman amplifiers (LFRAs) using highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) are investigated and compared to using dispersion compensating fiber (DCF). It is shown that both the signal and amplified spontaneous emission induced multiple-path interferences are reduced in HNLF, thus for a same Raman gain a better noise performance of LFRAs using HNLF can be achieved compared to using DCF. It is found that noise figure over the C+L band can be improved by ~6.7 dB for a Raman gain of ~15 dB for a LFRA using HNLF compared to DCF with counter-pumping.

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Hui Zhang and Xiupu Zhang "Performance of lumped fiber Raman amplifiers using highly nonlinear fibers or nonlinear photonic crystal fibers", Proc. SPIE 6343, Photonics North 2006, 63430Z (8 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707717

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