Noise and transmission performance improvement of broadband distributed Raman amplifier using bidirectional Raman pumping with dual order co-pumps

Abstract

We demonstrate a low noise bidirectional broadband distributed Raman pumping scheme combining dual order co-propagated pumps without increasing the signal RIN level. The noise performance improvement is compared experimentally and numerically with conventional counter-pumping only and bidirectional pumping with only a 2nd order co-pump for a 70nm bandwidth and 61.5km distributed Raman amplifier. The proposed broadband pumping scheme shows 1.2dB maximum noise figure improvement and extends the long-haul transmission reach up to 6150km with a Q-factor improvement of ~0.7dB compared with counter-pumping only scheme.

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000286
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: Copyright: 2017, Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited. Funder: FP7 ITN programme ICONE (No. 608099), UK EPSRC programme grants EP/J017582/1 (UNLOC), EP/M009092/1 (ToM3) and Spanish grant TEC-2015-71127-C2-1-R(ANOMALOS).
Publication ISSN: 1094-4087
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023 11:43
Date Deposited: 26 Oct 2017 13:45
Full Text Link: https://www.osa ... =oe-25-22-27533
10.1364/OE.25.027533
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-10-24
Accepted Date: 2017-10-12
Authors: Iqbal, Md Asif
Tan, Mingming
Krzczanowicz, Lukasz
El-Taher, Atalla
Forysiak, Wladek
Ania-Castañón, Juan Diego
Harper, Paul

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