• DocumentCode
    1687436
  • Title

    Nearly 100 nm bandwidth of flat gain with a double-pumped fiber optic parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Marconi, J.D. ; Boggio, J. M. Chavez ; Fragnito, H.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. & Photonics Res. Center, Campinas
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate double-pumped fiber-optical parametric amplifiers with flat and broadband gain spectrum. Using specially fabricated highly non-linear fibers having low variations of the zero-dispersion wavelength and low PMD we obtain flat gain (23.5plusmn1dB) over ~95 nm.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; broadband gain spectrum; double-pumped optical amplifiers; fiber-optical parametric amplifiers; flat gain spectrum; nonlinear fibers; zero-dispersion wavelength; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Polarization mode dispersion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348839
  • Filename
    4348839