Raman amplification in an optically high-powered data link dedicated to a 10 km long extension for submarine cabled observatories

Type Article
Date 2013-05
Language English
Author(s) Audo F.1, Perhirin Steven1, Quintard V.1, Guegan Matthieu1, Perennou A.1, Auffret Yves2
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Europeenne Bretagne, ENIB, CNRS, UMR 6285,Lab STICC, F-29238 Brest 3, France.
2 : IFREMER, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
Source Journal Of Optics (2040-8978) (Iop Publishing Ltd), 2013-05 , Vol. 15 , N. 5 , P. 1-9
DOI 10.1088/2040-8978/15/5/055703
WOS© Times Cited 5
Keyword(s) optical fiber network, optical power supply, power-over-fiber, Raman scattering, optical communication
Abstract We describe a quasi-all-optical extension dedicated to simplifying the deployment of submarine cabled observatories. Based on power-over-fiber technologies, high power supply and data are both transmitted in one optical fiber of a few kilometers in length. We study the Raman amplification on the down-and up-stream data in the static regime with the high optical power varying from 100 mW to 4 W over a 10 km long single-mode optical fiber. We focus on the data optical budget and signal to noise ratio dependence with respect to the high optical power value and the data optical wavelength. We also present the transmission quality in the dynamic regime of this quasi-all-optical extension.
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