ArticleScientific reports2026
High performance Raman amplifier: applications in optical communication and biomedical devices.
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High-performance Raman Amplifiers (RAs) have emerged as a powerful solution for enhancing signal strength and transmission quality in advanced optical systems. By utilizing stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers, these amplifiers provide wide bandwidth, low noise figures, and flexible gain profiles, making them highly suitable for next-generation high-capacity communication networks. In addition to their established role in long-haul and metro optical communication links, RAs are increasingly applied in biomedical devices that rely on precise optical signal delivery. Key medical applications include Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), laser-based imaging systems, fiber-optic endoscopy, and biomedical sensing platforms, where improved optical gain directly enhances imaging depth, resolution, and diagnostic accuracy. This work highlights the operational principles, performance advantages, and cross-domain applications of high-performance RAs, emphasizing their growing significance in both communication infrastructure and advanced medical diagnostic technologies. Three backward configurations: two, three and four cascaded Ras are investigated. Simulations are performed with pump powers of 200, 400, and 600 mW using three fiber types: single-mode fiber (SMF), TrueWave, and FreeLight, each with a 100 km amplifier length. The four-stage configuration achieves the highest performance, with 63 dB gain and 59.9 dBm output power at 600 mW using TrueWave fiber, demonstrating significant improvement in gain and output power over related work. Based on our results, RA boosts the returned OCT signal before detection, increasing SNR, enables deeper tissue imaging, and improves axial resolution and contrast, especially in low-reflectivity tissues. For MRI and CT, long-distance sensing along its gantry without electronic repeaters, Higher accuracy in detecting weak sensor signals and Support for multi-sensor networks inside the MRI machine.
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