Spatial Equalization of Zero-Dispersion Wavelength Profiles in Nonlinear Fibers

Author

Myslivets, Evgeny ; Lundström, Carl ; Aparicio, Jose M. ; Moro, Slaven ; Wiberg, Andreas O J ; Bres, Camille-Sophie ; Alic, Nikola ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

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

Volume

21

Issue

24

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1807

Lastpage

1809

Abstract

Longitudinal zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) fluctuations in long waveguides impose a fundamental limit on the achievable parametric mixer bandwidth. We demonstrate for the first time that the precisely measured ZDW profile can be taken advantage of by applying spatially controlled tension along the fiber length for fluctuation reduction and synthesis of a wide mixer response. The technique was experimentally validated by measuring local dispersion and tension maps and synthesizing a 145-nm-wide fiber parametric amplifier.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; ZDW profile; fiber parametric amplifier; fluctuation reduction; nonlinear fibers; parametric mixer bandwidth; spatial equalization; spatially controlled tension; tension maps; wide mixer response; zero-dispersion wavelength profiles; Dispersion measurement; four-photon mixing; highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); parametric process; zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2033462

Filename

5282594