Optimization and application of broadband fiber Raman amplifiers

Abstract

I would like to thank many people for their help in completing this thesis, but my foremost and earnest appreciation goes to my supervisor, Associate Professor Lu Chao, for his professional guidance, invaluable assistance and kind encouragement throughout my graduate studies as well as his constructive comments on this thesis. I want to express my special thanks for Dr. Wen Yang Jing and Associate Professor Cheng Tee Hiang for their great help on my research work and good suggestion on my thesis and future career. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to Associate Professor Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas of