Polarization-independent two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier

Author

Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Uesaka, Katsumi ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

911

Lastpage

913

Abstract

Fiber-optical parametric amplifiers can be rendered polarization-independent by using two pumps with orthogonal polarization states. We have analytically investigated and experimentally demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, a flat-gain polarization-independent continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier with 15 dB of gain over a 20-nm bandwidth, by using two orthogonal pumps.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 15 dB; flat-gain polarization-independent continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier; four-wave mixing; orthogonal polarization states; orthogonal pumps; polarization-independent two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.1012382

Filename

1012382