[pt] Diante do crescimento do interesse pelos amplificadores Raman faz-se necessário um estudo mais detalhado destes. Uma técnica tradicionalmente já utilizada para analise de atenuação em enlaces, a reflectometria óptica no domínio do tempo, é empregada de maneira inovadora neste trabalho para a observação da amplificação Raman distribuída. O objetivo principal deste trabalho não é a analise de amplificadores Raman, mas sim a apresentação desta técnica como nova ferramenta observação do ganho Raman distribuído em fibras ópticas. / [en] Due to increased interest in Raman amplifiers, a more detailed study of them is required. A technique traditionally used for analysis of attenuation on optical links, time domain optical reflectometry, is used in an innovative way in this work for observation of distributed Raman amplification. The main objective of this work in not the analysis of Raman amplifiers, but the introduction of this technique as a new tool for the observation of distributed Raman gain in optical fibers.

O surgimento de novos serviços que requerem uma largura de banda cada vez maior, bem como o crescente número de usuários de tais serviços, têm introduzido desafios às empresas operadoras de telecomunicações em sua capacidade de atender a estas demandas sem perda apreciável da qualidade de serviço e mantendo, ainda assim, os custos num nível aceitável pelos usuários. Neste contexto, redes ópticas passivas (PONs) vêm atraindo grande interesse em anos recentes. Na sua variante de longo-alcance, as redes PON permitem uma consolidação do uso dos equipamentos e centrais de serviço requeridos, reduzindo custos operacionais e de instalação. Uma das formas de atingir este maior alcance dá-se por meio da inserção de amplificadores ópticos nas redes de acesso. Neste trabalho, portanto, estudaram-se alguns tipos de amplificadores ópticos e suas possíveis aplicações em redes de acesso, levando a topologias de longo alcance e alta capacidade. Foram realizadas avaliações experimentais de um extensor, baseado em amplificadores ópticos semicondutores (SOAs), na rede GPON do CPqD, sob a Meta 3 do Projeto GIGA, possibilitando a obtenção de uma topologia do tipo Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB) com 80 km de extensão e 128 usuários atendidos por uma única central de serviço. Além dessas validações experimentais, foram simulados computacionalmente SOAs com características otimizadas bem como sistemas que utilizam fibras dopadas com érbio bombeadas remotamente, sendo que nestes últimos, atingiram-se distâncias superiores a 100 km. / The emergence of new services which require an increasing bandwidth, as well as the growing number of users of such services, have introduced challenges to the network operators in regard to their capacity of supporting these demands with no penalty on the required quality of service, while keeping the costs at an acceptable level for the users. In this context, passive optical networks (PONs) have attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. In the long-reach configuration, PON networks allow for a consolidation of equipament usage, reducing operational and installation costs. One way to achieve this longer reach is by the insertion of optical amplifiers in the access network. Therefore, in our work, we have investigated several optical amplifier configurations, as well as their application in access networks, leading to longreach and high capacity network topologies. Experimental evaluations of an extender, based on semiconductor optical amplifiers, were carried out in the CPqD GPON network, under Goal 3 of GIGA Project, allowing the achievement of a Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB) topology with 80km of extension and 128 users served by a single central office. Besides these experimental validations, were simulated computationally SOAs with optimized characteristics as well as systems using remotely pumped erbium-doped fibers, whereas in the latter were reached distances exceeding 100 km.

O surgimento de novos serviços que requerem uma largura de banda cada vez maior, bem como o crescente número de usuários de tais serviços, têm introduzido desafios às empresas operadoras de telecomunicações em sua capacidade de atender a estas demandas sem perda apreciável da qualidade de serviço e mantendo, ainda assim, os custos num nível aceitável pelos usuários. Neste contexto, redes ópticas passivas (PONs) vêm atraindo grande interesse em anos recentes. Na sua variante de longo-alcance, as redes PON permitem uma consolidação do uso dos equipamentos e centrais de serviço requeridos, reduzindo custos operacionais e de instalação. Uma das formas de atingir este maior alcance dá-se por meio da inserção de amplificadores ópticos nas redes de acesso. Neste trabalho, portanto, estudaram-se alguns tipos de amplificadores ópticos e suas possíveis aplicações em redes de acesso, levando a topologias de longo alcance e alta capacidade. Foram realizadas avaliações experimentais de um extensor, baseado em amplificadores ópticos semicondutores (SOAs), na rede GPON do CPqD, sob a Meta 3 do Projeto GIGA, possibilitando a obtenção de uma topologia do tipo Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB) com 80 km de extensão e 128 usuários atendidos por uma única central de serviço. Além dessas validações experimentais, foram simulados computacionalmente SOAs com características otimizadas bem como sistemas que utilizam fibras dopadas com érbio bombeadas remotamente, sendo que nestes últimos, atingiram-se distâncias superiores a 100 km. / The emergence of new services which require an increasing bandwidth, as well as the growing number of users of such services, have introduced challenges to the network operators in regard to their capacity of supporting these demands with no penalty on the required quality of service, while keeping the costs at an acceptable level for the users. In this context, passive optical networks (PONs) have attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. In the long-reach configuration, PON networks allow for a consolidation of equipament usage, reducing operational and installation costs. One way to achieve this longer reach is by the insertion of optical amplifiers in the access network. Therefore, in our work, we have investigated several optical amplifier configurations, as well as their application in access networks, leading to longreach and high capacity network topologies. Experimental evaluations of an extender, based on semiconductor optical amplifiers, were carried out in the CPqD GPON network, under Goal 3 of GIGA Project, allowing the achievement of a Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB) topology with 80km of extension and 128 users served by a single central office. Besides these experimental validations, were simulated computationally SOAs with optimized characteristics as well as systems using remotely pumped erbium-doped fibers, whereas in the latter were reached distances exceeding 100 km.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:38:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alfredo Almeida Araujo.pdf: 1307305 bytes, checksum: fd5b49227c52b28ef3a5392983927234 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-13 / This dissertation aims to describe the basic characteristics of microstructured fibers, their concept and performance, and to investigate the application of a low loss microstructured fiber to the development of Raman amplifiers. An analysis of the use of these amplifiers in Telecommunication applications is described. To this end, simulations were carried out with these waveguides with the data of a real fiber described in the literature. Simulations were also carried out to determine the amplifier s net gain and noise figure and to establish the advantages of its use in a complete optical fiber span, including the compensation dispersion in the O band (1260-1360 nm). As a result, it was demonstrated that the microstructured fiber presents, in some aspects, a performance that is higher than that of conventional Raman amplifiers, and complementary to that of a commercial amplifiers, such as those based on Erbium doped fiber. / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo descrever as características básicas das fibras microestruturadas, seu conceito e desempenho, e investigar a aplicação de uma fibra microestruturada de baixa perda para o desenvolvimento de amplificadores Raman. Uma análise do uso destes em aplicações de Telecomunicações é descrita. Para isso, foram realizadas simulações destes guias de onda com dados de uma fibra real descrita na literatura. Também foram realizadas simulações para verificação do ganho líquido e figura de ruído de um amplificador baseado nesta fibra e das vantagens de seu uso em um enlace óptico completo, incluindo compensação de dispersão para sinais da banda O (1260-1360 nm). Como resultado, demonstrou-se um desempenho superior em alguns aspectos aos amplificadores Raman convencionais, e complementar aos amplificadores disponíveis atualmente no mercado, como os baseados em fibra dopada com Érbio.

Les fibres optiques utilisées pour le transfert d’information présentent des pertes de signal pendant leur propagation. Ainsi, ces signaux ont besoin d’être régulièrement amplifiés. De nos jours, l’Amplification Raman, basée sur le principe de diffusion Raman stimulée, est une des techniques utilisées pour réaliser ces amplifications. Les nanoparticules de métaux nobles ont des propriétés optiques uniques provenant de l’oscillation collective des électrons lorsqu’elles interagissent avec une onde électromagnétique. Ces particules absorbent fortement le champ électromagnétique à une fréquence appelée fréquence de résonance de plasmon de surface. Ce travail de thèse concerne l’influence des nanoparticules métalliques sur l’amélioration de l’Amplification Raman. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet ANR Fenoptic (2010-2012), réunissant l’entreprise Draka et plusieurs laboratoires français (ICB Dijon, CMCP Paris, LPCML Lyon), qui s’intéressent à l’intégration des nanoparticules de métaux nobles à l’intérieur des fibres optiques afin d’utiliser la résonance de plasmon de surface pour améliorer l’efficacité des amplificateurs optiques. Dans ce travail, différentes sources de nanoparticules métalliques ont été examinées (suspensions, couches, préformes de fibre optique). Les expériences ont porté sur la caractérisation (forme et position du plasmon) de nanoparticules de métaux nobles incluses en matrices vitreuses ainsi que sur des mesures de spectroscopie Raman au travers desquelles le phénomène de Diffusion Raman Exaltée de Surface (SERS) a particulièrement été étudié. Pour la première fois, nous avons mis en évidence l’exaltation du signal Raman d’une matrice vitreuse. / Signals in optical fibers used for the transfer of information are attenuated due to impurities, scattering, absorption… To compensate for these losses, several techniques were developed like Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA). An alternative to rare earth doped fiber amplifier is Raman Amplification, which results from stimulated Raman scattering. Noble metal nanoparticles have optical properties induced by the collective oscillation of their conduction electrons when they interact with an electromagnetic wave. These particles strongly absorb the electromagnetic field at a frequency called surface Plasmon resonance frequency. This work is mainly based on effects leading to the improvement of the Raman Amplification. The ANR project Fenoptic (2010-2012), gathering Draka and several French laboratories (ICB (Dijon), CMCP (Paris), LPCML (Lyon)) is interested in the integration of noble metal nanoparticles in optical fibers using properties of the surface Plasmon resonance to improve the efficiency of optical amplifiers. In this work, different kinds of samples (suspensions, layers, optical fiber performs) with metal nanoparticles were studied. The experiments were based on the characterization (form and position of the Plasmon band) of noble metal nanoparticles in amorphous matrix and Raman spectroscopy was used to study the Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) effect. For the first time, we found the Raman signal exaltation of an amorphous matrix.

The objective of this thesis is to study of optical effects, arising in the form of non-uniform waveguide structure, complicated refractive index profiles or due to pulse propagation in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical communication systems. These effects are important and critically influence the performance of DWDM optical systems. A comprehensive survey of current literature on optical effects due to nonuniform optical structure and nonlinear optical effects is first done, showing their advantages and disadvantage in optical communication systems. A survey on methods of optical waveguide analysis is also done. The main contribution has been made to three main aspects of the problem : Accurate analysis of uniform/non-uniform optical waveguides with arbitary refractive index profiles Pulse propagation and distortion in DWDM Raman amplification systems. Use of non-uniform FBG to compensate for pulse distortion We study several existing analytical techniques developed so far for analyzing the mode of non-uniform optical waveguide structures. Later, we verify the analytical results by finite element method (FEM). The convergence study is also carried out. A new computational technique is proposed modifying the finite element method to analyze complex refractive index profiles required for the analysis, namely single mode step index profile, multi clad fiber, W -profile, chirp profile etc. An accuracy of 10−4 in the calculation of propagation constant/eigen-value is demonstrated. Dispersion characteristics of optical fibers w.r.t. different profile parameters is evaluated. A modification to scalar BPM is proposed and applied to study the effects of inhomogeneities along the propagation direction. The applicability and accuracy of the method is tested using integrated optic waveguide devices, namely, graded index slab waveguide. The proposed BPM uses Fourier decomposition of the transverse field. Coupled mode theory (CMT) of optical waveguides in non-homogeneous optical medium is applied to study the interaction of lightwaves propagation together such as in a DWDM system. The BPM results is verified by CMT. The inhomogeneous waveguide theory is extended to study pulse propagation in DWDM optical communication system. Nonlinear optical effects are an important aspects of DWDM systems with fiber Raman amplifier. Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is necessary to study these nonlinear optical effects as other conventional methods are not suitable here. Here, we discuss DWDM optical communication systems due to nonlinearity in the form of SRS effect. In case of FRA, we study the various kinds of fiber profile design parameters, for the purpose to achieve and extend the flat gain bandwidth over the EDFA window. We also propose and study, a new bi-directional optical fiber transmission scheme with various constraints, using Raman amplification process with and without pump depletion. Our scheme, provides an advantage like high SNR, low pump induced noise, for long-haul communication link. We find that, there is a quite significant crosstalk and power coupling among the dense DWDM channels but earlier discussed BPM fails to account for possible interference effects among the channels. To reduce the harmful nonlinear optical effects like four wave mixing (FWM), we need to deploy a high chromatic dispersion fiber, which will ultimately lead to high pulse walk-off rate among the DWDM channels; hence for high bit rate long haul systems, walk-off effect can not be ignored. Application of FDTD provided an improved insight into the effect of GVD on stimulated Raman scattering crosstalk than different modulation techniques and line codes. It is shown through analysis that pulse walk-off phenomena may distort the data asymmetrically; especially for case of wide-band DWDM transmission system. Hence, the pulse walk-off effect should be considered in future systems containing optical amplifier. It is shown, that large walk-off rate may reduce the crosstalk among DWDM channels but tends to increase the asymmetric pulse distortion. Data may lose due to high walk-off effect. We also investigate channel addition/removal process in DWDM fiber Raman amplifier. We also demonstrate that the pulse walk-off effect tends to lead significantly to positive chirp for higher frequency channels. This feature can be exploited to overcome the chromatic dispersion effects in DWDM transmission systems. Pulse walk-off induced chirp, can be compensated by using the nonuniform fiber Bragg grating (NUFBG). The CMT due to periodic perturbation of the circular cylindrical waveguide structures is applied here. Here, we discuss the function of fiber Bragg grating as a transmission versus reflecting grating filter. We also discuss, FBG application to gain flattening of an EDFA window as well as how the group velocity dispersion (GVD) will be affected with bandwidth and coupling coefficient. We develop a new analytical technique to estimate the bandwidth of FBG based optical system. Finally, we investigate the dispersion compensation properties, pulse distortion, peak reflectivity analysis in uniform/non-uniform FBG due to an uniform/non-uniform incoming signal. More complicated refractive index profile can significantly reduce the GVD as well as side lobes intensity. Dispersion characteristic due to an arbitrary refractive index profile is discussed in details for the case of non-uniform FBG. Thus, we concluded that wide band DWDM optical communication system need to closely take into account various inhomogeneities and nonlinearities of optical fibers w.r.t. wave and pulse propagation.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:37:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jair Fiuza - EE2006.pdf: 870543 bytes, checksum: 939198dd0585c5cbae3d86adf6c858cc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-08-29 / The performance of a distributed Raman amplifier at S - Band using the TrueWave® Reach Low Water Peak fiber in a 100km span is analyzed through numerical simulations. The manufacturer, the OFS Fitel Denmark Ap, has experimentally characterized the physical parameters of the fiber, such as, attenuation, dispersion and Raman gain efficiency at Band - S. The low fiber attenuation around pump wavelength region, around 0,34dB/km at 1370nm, allow the achievement of approximately 10dB over 70nm in the S - Band − using 4 (four) pump lasers with pump power on the order of tenth of mWatts . / O desempenho de um amplificador Raman distribuído na Banda - S utilizando a fibra óptica TrueWave® Reach Low Water Peak em um enlace de 100km é analisado através de simulações numéricas. O fabricante, a OFS Fitel Denmark Ap, caracterizou experimentalmente os parâmetros físicos da fibra óptica, tais como atenuação, dispersão, e eficiência de ganho Raman na Banda - S. A baixa absorção dessa fibra óptica na região espectral onde se localizam os lasers de bombeamento, em torno de 0,34dB/km, para 1370nm, permite a utilização de 4 lasers de bombeamento com potências da ordem de dezenas de mWatts, para garantir um ganho on-off da ordem de 10dB em 70nm (1460 a 1530nm) na Banda - S.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:38:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Igor da Silva Ramos.pdf: 1622777 bytes, checksum: 186a77eaabf846baf8466f41da580a23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-03 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This work studies, through systemic modeling a microstructured optical fiber used in a module for dispersion compensation and Raman amplification for optical communication systems. The use of this device compensates the dispersion in a range of frequencies not covered by conventional dispersion compensating fibers and, simultaneously, amplifies the signal in order to reach longer transmission distances. In particular, dispersion compensation and amplification is demonstrated in the O Band (1260 nm up to 1360 nm) for systems operating at 10 and 40 Gbps. For this purpose, the parameters of a real microstructured optical fiber model are used in the VPI TransmissionMaker numerical simulation software through which is possible to evaluate the performance of the device. The performance evaluation is carried out through Bit Error Rate (BER) as a function of link distance and transmission channel wavelength. / Este trabalho estuda através de modelamento sistêmico, uma fibra óptica microestruturada utilizada em um módulo de compensação de dispersão e amplificação Raman de sistemas ópticos. O uso deste dispositivo compensa a dispersão em faixas de freqüência não cobertas por fibras de compensação de dispersão convencionais e simultaneamente amplifica o sinal a fim de permitir maiores distâncias de transmissão. Em particular, compensação de dispersão e amplificação são demonstradas na banda O (1260 nm a 1360 nm) para sistemas operando a taxas de 10 e 40 Gbps. Para isso, são utilizadas as características de um modelo de fibra microestruturada real no software de simulação numérica VPI TransmissionMaker por meio do qual é possível avaliar o desempenho deste dispositivo. A avaliação de desempenho é feita através de curvas de taxa de erro de bits (BER, do inglês Bit Error Rate) em função do comprimento do enlace e comprimento de onda do canal de transmissão.