Design of fiber-optical parametric amplifiers by genetic algorithm

Author

Zhang, Wen ; Wang, Chengao ; Shu, Jianwei ; Jiang, Chun ; Hu, Weisheng

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1652

Lastpage

1654

Abstract

Genetic algorithm is adopted to give an automatic design scheme for fiber-based optical parametric amplifiers (FOPAs). Main steps of the optimization process and discussion about this algorithm are presented. The results show that present FOPA has more than 300-nm flat bandwidth with a central wavelength of 1500 nm and a gain ripple of less than 0.3 dB. Meanwhile, fluctuation in zero-dispersion wavelength of fibers is taken into consideration and its influence is briefly analyzed.

Keywords

fluctuations; genetic algorithms; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; 1500 nm; fiber-optical parametric amplifiers; genetic algorithm; multisection nonlinear fiber; optimization process; zero-dispersion wavelength; Algorithm design and analysis; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Genetic algorithms; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; 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.2004.828541

Filename

1308254