Raman amplification characteristics at 850 nm in a silica-based photonic crystal fiber

We achieve a 2.5-dB improvement in the power penalty in a 10-Gb/s-based distributed Raman amplification transmission at 850 nm using a silica-based low-loss photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The experimental results agree well with a signal-to-noise ratio improvement model. The model indicates the negligible influence of double Rayleigh backscattering in the fabricated PCF