Title :
High power L-Band Lumped Raman Fibre Amplifier with fast transient suppression using Photonic Crystal Fibre
Author :
Menashe, David ; Ghera, Uri ; Golan, Aviram ; Leplingard, Florence ; Simonneau, Christian ; Mélin, Gilles ; Galkovsky, Laurence ; Boivin, David
Author_Institution :
RED-C Opt. Networks, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Abstract :
A 26dBm L-Band Lumped Raman Fibre Amplifier based on highly non-linear Ge-doped Photonic Crystal Fiber is reported. The amplifier uses commercially available pump laser diodes, and has a very fast transient suppression time of 10μs.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; germanium; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; photonic crystals; JkJk:Ge; L-Band lumped amplifier; Raman fibre amplifier; fast transient suppression; photonic crystal fibre; Gain; L-band; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621478
