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    Area of Science:

    • Optical Engineering
    • Telecommunications
    • Photonics

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    • The demand for higher data transmission rates necessitates advancements in optical amplifiers.
    • The U-band (1625-1650 nm) offers untapped potential for increasing fiber optic communication capacity.
    • Discrete Raman amplifiers are crucial for extending transmission distances and improving signal quality.

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    • To experimentally demonstrate U-band discrete Raman amplifiers using backward incoherent pumping.
    • To investigate the performance of different Raman gain fibers (HNLF, HNLDSF, IDF) in the U-band.
    • To evaluate the amplifiers' integration into a broadband coherent transmission system and assess the achieved data rates.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized backward incoherent pumping to achieve discrete Raman amplification in the U-band.
    • Experimentally tested three types of Raman gain fibers: 1 km HNLF, 0.51 km HNLDSF, and 7.6/8 km IDF.
    • Integrated the developed Raman amplifiers into a C+L+U-band coherent transmission system employing 516 channels of DP-64/256QAM signals over 50 km SSMF.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved up to 22.3 dB net gain and a noise figure (NF) of 4.2-5.8 dB using 1 km HNLF.
    • 1 km HNLF demonstrated the highest gain and lowest NF compared to HNLDSF and IDF.
    • The integrated system achieved a maximum decoded data rate of 123.5 Tb/s across C+L+U bands, with 25.6 Tb/s in the U-band.

    Conclusions:

    • U-band discrete Raman amplifiers using HNLF offer superior performance for high-gain, low-noise applications.
    • The developed amplifiers effectively support broadband coherent transmission systems, significantly boosting overall data capacity.
    • This research paves the way for utilizing the U-band to meet future data traffic demands.