155-nm Continuous-Wave Two-Pump Parametric Amplification

Author

Boggio, Jose M Chavez ; Moro, Slaven ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Windmiller, Joshua R. ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Volume

21

Issue

10

fYear

2009

fDate

5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

612

Lastpage

614

Abstract

We investigate the synthesis of flat parametric response of a dual-pumped device with a distant pump separation ranging from 130 to 180 nm. The Raman contribution to the nonlinear polarization introduced predictable gain ripple and dispersion fluctuation along the highly nonlinear fiber had to be precisely accounted for. A 3-dB equalized gain was observed over 100 nm using 130-nm separated pumps. Record gain bandwidth of 155 nm was also measured for the first time.

Keywords

Raman lasers; laser beams; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; Raman contribution; bandwidth measurement; continuous-wave two-pump parametric amplification; dispersion fluctuation; dual-pumped device; gain 3 dB; gain ripple; highly nonlinear fiber; nonlinear polarization; wavelength 100 nm; wavelength 130 nm to 180 nm; Dispersion measurement; four-photon mixing; highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); parametric process;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2015276

Filename

4787102