# US 7,411,728 B2 · Devices and methods for raman amplification and dispersion compensation

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- Number: US 7,411,728 B2
- Document ID: US7411728B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/473,481
- Filed: 2006-06-23
- Published: 2006-11-09
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2002-10-15
- Assignees: Corning Incorporated
- Inventors: Phong Diep; James C. Fajardo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7411728B2

## CPC

- H04B 10/2916: {using Raman or Brillouin amplifiers}
- H04B 10/25253: {with dispersion management, i.e. using a combination of different kind of fibres in the transmission system}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION

## Abstract

The present invention provides devices and methods for Raman amplification and dispersion compensation. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dispersion compensating device includes a dispersion compensating fiber having a dispersion more negative than about −50 ps/nm/km over a wavelength range of about 1555 nm to about 1615 nm; a Raman gain fiber having a dispersion more positive than about −40 ps/nm/km over a wavelength range of about 1555 nm to about 1615 nm; and a pump source operatively coupled to the dispersion compensating fiber and the Raman gain fiber, the pump source operating at a pump wavelength, wherein the dispersion compensating fiber has a Raman Figure of Merit at the pump wavelength, and wherein the Raman gain fiber has a Raman Figure of Merit at least about equivalent to the Raman Figure of Merit of the dispersion compensating fiber, and wherein the dispersion compensating fiber and the Raman gain fiber are arranged in series between the input and the output of the device. The device provides higher Raman gain than a conventional Raman-pumped dispersion compensating device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A Raman amplification device having an input and an output, the device comprising:
(i) a Raman gain fiber having a profile selected to provide a dispersion of between 25 ps/nm/km and −15 ps/nm/km at a wavelength of 1450 nm and a dispersion slope of between 0 ps/nm2/km and 0.05 ps/nm2/km at a wavelength of 1450 nm, wherein said Raman gain fiber has
a germania-doped core having an index profile having an α of between 1.5 and 2.5 and a radius of between 1.8 μm and 2.4 μm,
a cladding, and
a core-to-cladding Δ of at least 1.8%; and
a pump source operatively coupled to the Raman gain fiber.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The Raman amplification device of claim 1 wherein the Raman gain fiber has an effective area of no greater than 19 μm2 at a wavelength of 1450 nm and a Raman Figure of Merit of at least 18 W−1 at a wavelength of 1457 nm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The Raman amplification device of claim 1 wherein the Raman gain fiber has an attenuation of less than 0.8 dB/km at 1450 nm and an attenuation of less than 0.8 dB/km at 1550 nm.

### Claim 4

A Raman amplification device having an input and an output, the device comprising:
a Raman gain fiber having
a germania-doped core having an index profile having an α of between 1.5 and 2.5 and a radius of between 1.8 μm and 2.4 μm,
a cladding, and
a core-to-cladding α of at least 1.8%; and
a pump source operatively coupled to the Raman gain fiber, wherein the Raman gain fiber has
a dispersion of between −25 ps/nm/km and −15 ps/nm/km at a wavelength of 1450 nm and a dispersion slope of between 0 ps/nm2/km and 0.05 ps/nm2/km at a wavelength of 1450 nm and an effective area of between 15 μm2 and 19 μm2 at a wavelength of 1450 nm.