Requirements for efficient Raman amplification and dispersion compensation using microstructured optical fibers

摘要

The design and performace of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) for simultaneous dispersion compensation and Raman amplification is numerically investigated. We studied a lumped Raman amplifier designed to compensate the signal loss and dispersion introduced by a 100-km, 16-channel C-band WDM link. The impairments induced by the nonlinearities caused by the small mode area of the designed MOF are investigated and the analysis is extended to included non-ideal designed MOF are investigated and the analysis is extended to include non-ideal factors such as excess background losses, splice loss, and the geometry variations.