Raman amplification has been commercially utilized in optical transmission systems for
more than a decade. The drive toward higher spectral density has increased the interest in …

Different from traditional cavity-based fiber lasers, well-defined resonant cavities are
replaced by random feedback mechanisms for lasing generation in random fiber lasers …

In this study, the authors present an experimental and theoretical description of the use of
first order Raman amplification to improve the performance of a Phase-sensitive optical time …

A Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) scheme based on hybrid amplification,
consisting of a distributed Raman amplification and a lumped amplification, provided by …

We describe the use of a phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer () over an ultra-
long Raman fiber laser cavity allowing fully distributed detection of vibrations over 125 km …

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new method to extend the range of Brillouin
optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) systems. It exploits the virtual transparency created by …

The ability to amplify light within silicon waveguides is central to the development of high-
performance silicon photonic device technologies. To this end, the large optical …

We numerically investigate relative intensity-noise transfer from a noisy pump to the
generated Stokes component in random distributed feedback ultralong Raman fiber lasers …

We present, for the first time, a detailed investigation of the impact of second order co-
propagating Raman pumping on long-haul 100G WDM DP-QPSK coherent transmission of …

In this study, a long-distance phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry (Φ-OTDR)
with a flexible frequency response based on time division multiplexing is proposed and …