Enhanced optical signal communication via hollow core fibers

An apparatus for optical signal communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one controller configured to operatively couple with a first laser, a second laser, and a modulator, each of the first laser, the second laser and the modulator being operatively coupled with a hollow fiber comprising a media disposed in at least a portion of a hollow space of the hollow fiber, the media comprising media members, the media members being dispersed, the media members comprising molecules or atoms, the hollow fiber having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the hollow fiber being configured for the optical signal communication comprising transmission of a signal through the hollow fiber from the first end to the second end forming a signal transmission path, the signal transmission path substantially spanning a distance of the optical signal communication comprising long haul communication or short haul communication, the signal comprising electromagnetic radiation, the at least one controller being configured to connect (i) with a power source and/or (ii) with another communication platform, the at least one controller being configured to (a) direct the first laser to transmit a first laser beam into the hollow fiber to excite at least one member of the media members such that the at least one member excited by the first laser beam emits Raman radiation upon relaxation, the Raman radiation having a wavelength, (b) direct the second laser to generate a second laser beam, (c) direct the modulator to modulate the second laser beam to carry the signal utilized for the optical signal communication, and (d) direct transmission of the second laser beam carrying the signal through the hollow fiber along the signal transmission path, a gain of the second laser beam carrying the signal being increased by the Raman radiation having the wavelength, the gain of the second laser beam being increased along the signal transmission path during propagation of the second laser beam through the hollow fiber.

One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising program instructions physically inscribed thereon, the program instructions, when read by one or more processors operatively coupled with a first laser, a second laser, and a modulator, the one or more processors are configured to execute, or direct execution of, operations, each of the first laser, the second laser and the modulator being operatively coupled with a hollow fiber comprising a media disposed in at least a portion of a hollow space of the hollow fiber, the media comprising media members, the media members being dispersed, the media members comprising molecules or atoms, the hollow fiber having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the hollow fiber being configured for optical signal communication comprising transmission of a signal through the hollow fiber from the first end to the second end forming a signal transmission path, the signal transmission path substantially spanning a distance of the optical signal communication comprising long haul communication or short haul communication, the signal comprising electromagnetic radiation, the operations comprising (a) directing the first laser to transmit a first laser beam into the hollow fiber to excite at least one member of the media members such that the at least one member excited by the first laser beam emits Raman radiation upon relaxation, the Raman radiation having a wavelength, (b) directing the second laser to generate a second laser beam, (c) directing the modulator to modulate the second laser beam to carry the signal utilized for the optical signal communication, and (d) directing transmission of the second laser beam carrying the signal through the hollow fiber along the signal transmission path, a gain of the second laser beam carrying the signal being increased by the Raman radiation having the wavelength, the gain of the second laser beam being increased along the signal transmission path during propagation of the second laser beam through the hollow fiber.