Title :
Tunable Parametric All-Fiber Short-Wavelength IR Transmitter
Author :
Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Moro, S. ; Kuo, B.P.P. ; Alic, N. ; Stossel, B. ; Radic, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, the performance of an all-fiber short-wave IR (SWIR) transmitter with wideband tunability and high peak power is reported. Transmitter construction relied on parametric process in highly nonlinear fiber to convert a seed laser at 1260 nm to 2155 nm SWIR channel with record 39 dB efficiency and translation over 900 nm spectral range. We demonstrated 61 W of peak converted power at 2 ??m and 26 W at 2.15 ?? m. Efficient conversion was made possible by engineered fourth-order dispersion of the highly nonlinear fiber and construction of a low-noise pump source in a 1550 nm band.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric devices; optical transmitters; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; all-fiber short-wavelength IR transmitter; fourth-order dispersion; nonlinear fiber; seed laser; tunable parametric transmitter; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength conversion; wideband tunability; Four photon mixing; highly nonlinear fiber; parametric process;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2009.2032303
