The revival of Raman amplifiers

Author

Stentz, Andrew J.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

296

Abstract

The extensive work on Raman amplifiers conducted in the mid 1980´s abruptly ended with the advent of erbium doped fiber amplifiers. However, recent advances in high power fiber lasers have enabled the construction of the practical pump lasers needed to pump Raman amplifiers, thereby renewing interest in this versatile technology. In this paper, we describe the technologies that have made this revival possible and review recent progress in Raman fiber amplifiers, discrete and distributed, analog and digital, at both 1.3 and 1.5 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

Raman lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; optical pumping; optical transmitters; 1.3 to 1.5 mum; AM-VSB video networks; Raman amplifiers; Raman fiber amplifiers; Raman lasers; analog; digital; distributed fibre lasers; erbium doped fiber amplifiers; high power fiber lasers; laser pumping; optical communications equipment; optical fiber amplifiers; pump lasers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; High power fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.565249

Filename

565249