Behaviour of a wideband double-pass discrete Raman amplifier with simultaneous reflection of signals and multi-pump

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: discrete Raman amplifiers double-pass reflection net gain
• 年，卷（期）: 2005,（2）
• 页码范围: 372-377
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The behaviour of a high efficient double-pass discrete Raman amplifier with 80nm bandwidth was studied theoretically and experimentally. In this Raman amplifier, by using a one-end gilt fibre as the broadband reflector, signals and multi-pump are simultaneously reflected to propagate through the gain fibre for a second time in the opposite direction of the input. An increase in net gain of more than 150% has been achieved compared with that in the typical co-pumped Raman amplifier. The advantages of this new configuration have been studied by comparing with the currently existing Raman amplifier configurations. Also, the influencing factors for the gain increase have been analysed, including the pump-to-pump Raman interactions and the length of gain fibre.