Title :
Distributed Raman amplification at 850 nm in a low loss photonic crystal fibre
Author :
Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Fukai, Chisato ; Kurokawa, Kenji ; Tajima, Katsusuke ; Matsui, Takashi ; Sankawa, Izumi
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a distributed Raman amplification at 850 nm for the first time utilizing a low loss photonic crystal fibre. Power penalty has been improved by 1.6 dB in 6.0 km transmission.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; stimulated Raman scattering; 6.0 km; 850 nm; distributed Raman amplification; photonic crystal fibre; power penalty;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
