Title :
A holey fibre Raman amplifier and all-optical modulator
Author :
Lee, J.H. ; Yusoff, Z. ; Belardi, Walter ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Teh, P.C. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of a short length of highly nonlinear holey fibre (HF) to obtain strong L-band Raman amplification. Using a 75 m long HF fibre with an effective area of 2.85 μm2 we obtain internal gains of over 42 dB and a noise figure of ∼6 dB. In addition using the same fibre we obtain an 11 dB extinction ratio in Raman induced all-optical modulation experiments.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical noise; 42 dB; 6 dB; 75 m; L-band Raman amplification; Ramon induced all-optical modulation; extinction ratio; highly-nonlinear holey fibre; internal gains; noise figure; Engineering management; Innovation management; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Regeneration engineering; Repeaters; Systems engineering and theory; Technological innovation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989011
