Limitations imposed by stimulated Raman scattering of 1550 nm high-energy pulse transmission

Author

Barnard, C.W. ; Myslinski, P. ; Pan, X. ; Chrostowski, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

119

Abstract

The limitations imposed by stimulated Raman scattering on 1550 nm high-energy pulse transmission in single-mode optical fiber are investigated. The generation of a Stokes pulse from an input pulse with peak power up to 60 W and duration on the order of 10 ns is experimentally studied and numerically simulated. This is the first demonstration of Stokes pulse generation in optical fiber from pump pulses within the 1550 nm telecommunications window. Experiment and theory show that there is an optimum input power for a given pulse duration and distance that maximizes the energy transmitted over long fibers

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; 10 ns; 1550 nm; 1550 nm telecommunications window; 60 W; Stokes pulse generation; high-energy pulse transmission; long fibers; optimum input power; peak power; pulse duration; single-mode optical fiber; stimulated Raman scattering; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.365195

Filename

365195