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To: pass pass who wrote (773)1/27/2000 3:12:00 PM
From: Lee  Respond to of 3951
 
pass pass,..Re:. So can you use it as laser source so that the signal will travel further with few repeaters/amplifiers in the path?

The product described in the Spectra-Physics link is for 532 nm wavelength and the applications are listed below.

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spectra-physics.com

The Spectra-Physics Millennia® s Series and the industrial Millennia i Series are the next generation in cw 532 nm, high power, diode-pumped solid state laser technology.

APPLICATIONS

Pump source for Ti:sapphire & dye lasers
Spectroscopy
Disk texturing
Semiconductor wafer inspection
Film subtitling
Material processing
Photoluminescence
Particle scattering
Raman imaging
Flow cytometry
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For long haul telecom applications, SDLI has the SDL-RL30 with the following specs.

sdli.com
For transmission in the 1550-nm range, Raman amplification occurs when the transmission fiber is pumped with very high optical power at approximately 1455 nm. Therefore, by using a high-powered pump source at the receive terminal (in excess of 1 W), the transmission fiber itself will provide gain in the 1550-nm window. Additional gain of up to 15 dB, equivalent to approximately 100 km extra distance, can be realized. This technique is referred to as "distributed Raman amplification" due to the fact that unlike a conventional EDFA, where amplification occurs in a single discrete amplifier module, the gain is spread out, or distributed, over a significant fraction of the transmission wavelength.

One of the first practical applications of distributed Raman amplification in telecommunications networks is in repeaterless submarine systems. Future applications could include deployment in very high bit rate (40Gb/sec) DWDM systems. In addition, Raman amplification offers the potential of increased system data capacity by allowing amplification between 1300 and 1650 nm, thereby supporting a greater number of wavelength channels.


ITF Optical also has a Raman amplifier that it uses in a combiner function.

itfoptical.com
To meet the need for high power Raman optical amplification systems, ITF is offering a Raman Pump Combinerâ„¢, the RPC-100, based on our exclusive All-Fiber technology. The RPC-100 allows up to 8 pump channels to be combined for multiple-wavelength amplification. ITF's Raman RPC-100 can accommodate pump power in excess of 10W and can be customized for specific channel spacings in the Raman wavelength windows, around 1450 nm for distributed amplification or around 1480 nm for remote amplification.

The last two, SDLI & ITF Optical, apparently already qualify for Bell operating companies stringent requirements. Also, the SDLI laser is only physically 1.8" by 5.9". Spectra-Physics didn't give product specifications for size, only that it was small relative to an unnamed competitor.<g>

Apparently it is a substantial entry barrier to qualify for telecom applications.<g> Just learning this stuff but from what little I've found out, it's highly specialized.

Hope this helps,

Lee



To: pass pass who wrote (773)1/27/2000 3:38:00 PM
From: pat mudge  Respond to of 3951
 
So can you use it as laser source so that the signal will travel further with few repeaters/amplifiers in the path?

No, I think they're used for other markets, not telecom.

Check out spectra-physics.com

I've a few others I need to examine.

BTW, we may close at a new high. :))

Pat