Title :
Impact of background losses on photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier
Author :
Bottacini, M. ; Selleri, S. ; Poli, F. ; Cucinotta, A. ; Foroni, M.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Eng. Dept., Parma Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The performances of Raman amplifiers, based on triangular photonic crystal fibers, have been analyzed by evaluating the potential improvements obtainable with a reduction of the background losses.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; Rayleigh scattering; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; background losses; photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier; Backscatter; Low-noise amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical noise; Performance analysis; Photonic crystal fibers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363404
