Gain ripple minimization in the wide-band SCISSOR Raman amplifier

✍ Scribed by A.R. Bahrampour; F. Bazouband

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 482 KB
• Volume: 282
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0030-4018
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.12.078

✦ Synopsis

A side coupled integrated spaced sequence (SCISSOR) of Silicon or Chalcogenide glass microrings of different diameter are considered as a wide-band Raman amplifier. Because the two-photon absorption (TPA) losses in Chalcogenide glass are less than that of Silicon, it is shown that Chalcogenide microrings are suitable for wide-band Raman amplifier in the telecommunication bandwidth (1.5 lm). The Lagrange unknown multiplier method is employed to minimize the gain ripple of the amplifier versus the pump and system parameters.