Lucent Technologies Inc.

At+t Corp.

Gloria R Jacobovitz-Veselka

David John DiGiovanni

Kenneth L Walker

Paul Francis Wysocki

William Alfred Reed

Per Bang Hansen

Jon W Engelberth

Embodiments of the invention include an optical fiber laser system with a cascaded Raman resonator (CRR) or other suitable Raman frequency shifting device having a length of optical fiber with at least one input pump reflector, a series of Raman-Stokes order reflectors and an output reflector therein. The reflectors are written to provide sufficient conversion efficiency despite the use of the cascaded Raman resonator with differing pump laser wavelengths. The reflectors are written not necessarily in correspondence with the gain maxima of the intermediate Stokes orders, but instead are written to reflect with less than maximum gain conversion intensity, yet in a manner that allows different pump laser wavelengths to be converted thereby. When operating the cascaded Raman resonators at sufficiently high pump powers, input pump reflectors are not necessary. Cascaded Raman resonators designed in accordance with embodiments of the invention are useful with different pump laser wavelengths. For example, 1480 nm cascade Raman resonators, which conventionally are used only with 1117 nm pump lasers, are useful according to embodiments of the invention with 1100 nm pump lasers as well. Similarly, 1450 nm cascaded Raman resonators, which conventionally are used only with 1110 nm pump lasers, are useful according to embodiments of the invention with 1117 nm pump lasers as well. Amplification devices according to embodiments of the invention are power scaleable in a manner sufficient to provide optical fiber amplification at a desired output wavelength for a given plurality of pump lasers having different operating wavelengths. Also, the devices according to embodiments of the invention are less complex and expensive than conventional arrangements.

Cascaded raman resonator system and apparatus

A multi-wavelength Raman radiation source is disclosed. The source receives pump radiation at a given wavelength, e.g., 1100 nm, and has outputs at two or more longer wavelengths, e.g., 1450 nm and 1480 nm. The cascaded Raman resonator comprises, for each desired output wavelength, an optical cavity formed by a high reflectivity grating and a low reflectivity grating, with both having the same center wavelength, equal to the desired output wavelength. Multi-wavelength Raman radiation sources have a variety of applications, e.g., they can advantageously be used in a remotely pumped optical fiber communication system.

Article comprising an optical fiber cascaded Raman resonator

A module, for upgrading optical fiber systems, includes an appropriate length of Dispersion Compensating Fiber (DCF) for nulling chromatic dispersion, together with a pump, which uses Stimulated Raman Scattering for amplifying signal in the DCF, thereby compensating for power loss associated with the DCF.

Optical fiber dispersion compensation

Multistage Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) advantageously use high numerical aperture (NA) fiber in the input stage, and low NA fiber in the output stage. The former typically is greater than 0.25, and the latter is less than 0.20. Such amplifiers can have high gain and low noise figure.

Article comprising a multi-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier

A 980 nm pump, for use with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier, provides redundancy together with simultaneous pumping, both co-propagating and counter-propagating, relative to 1550 nm signal, without need for an isolator.

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Morganville, NJ, United States of America

Gloria R Jacobovitz-Veselka