Title :
Experimental demonstration of raman gain efficiency and chromatic dispersion of hole-assisted fiber: influence of bend
Author :
Varshney, S.K. ; Tsuchida, Y. ; Sasaki, K. ; Saitoh, K. ; Koshiba, M.
Author_Institution :
Division of Media and Network Technologies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan
Abstract :
The Raman gain efficiency and chromatic-dispersion of a hole-assisted fiber with and without minimum allowable bending radius are measured. Numerical predictions from the theory are shown to be in good agreement with the experimental results.
Keywords :
Chromatic dispersion; Gain measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431289
