Title :
New nonlinear fibers with application to amplifiers
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs) have been explored as candidates for the media of Raman amplification and optical parametric amplification with broad gain bandwidths. This paper reviews state-of-the-art HNLFs and the application to discrete Raman amplification.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; optical parametric amplifiers; Raman amplification; amplifiers; broad gain bandwidths; nonlinear fibers; optical parametric amplification;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
