High capacity wideband discrete raman amplifiers: Progress, challenges, and future prospects

Lukasz Krzczanowicz*, Md Asif Iqbal, Ian D. Phillips, Paul Harper, Wladek Forysiak

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Raman amplification is a popular method used to achieve seamless broadband gain. We evaluate the performance of discrete Raman amplifiers (DRAs) in high capacity C+L band transmission with advanced modulation formats and discuss the challenges associated with expanding the bandwidth to S+C+L band and beyond. Possible architectures, pump-signal overlap issues, and machine-learning based gain flattening techniques are considered.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2020
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781728184234
ISBN (Print)978-1-7281-8424-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Sept 2020
Event22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2020 - Bari, Italy
Duration: 19 Jul 202023 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Volume2020-July
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7339

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBari
Period19/07/2023/07/20

Bibliographical note

Funding: This work was supported by UK EPSRC grant EP/M009092/1.We acknowledge industrial support from II-VI and Lumentum.

Keywords

  • Broadband amplifiers
  • Optical fibre amplifiers
  • Optical fibre communications
  • Raman scattering

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