Title :
Design of gain-flattened highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier using a single pump: a leakage loss approach
Author :
Varshney, Shailendra K. ; Saitoh, K. ; Fujisawa, T. ; Koshiba, M.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Media & Network Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
We present a novel inherent gain-flattened design of highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier exhibiting ±0.85-dB gain-ripples over 28-nm bandwidth using a single pump in C-band employing the leakage loss property with integrated dispersion compensation functionality.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; compensation; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical pumping; photonic crystals; fiber Raman amplifier; gain flatness; highly nonlinear photonic crystal; integrated dispersion compensation; leakage loss; single pump; Dispersion; Lattices; Optical control; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Stimulated emission; US Department of Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215463
