Title :
Distributed measurement of signal power evolution in a phase sensitive parametric amplifier
Author :
Alishahi, F. ; Vedadi, A. ; Soto, Marcelo A. ; Denisov, A. ; Mehrany, K. ; Thevenaz, Luc ; Bres, C.-S.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
A method to measure the signal power evolution along phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers is proposed using Brillouin optical time-domain analysis. Different evolutions along the fiber are reported by varying input wave phases, including amplification and de-amplification.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; amplification; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; time-domain analysis; Brillouin optical time-domain analysis; DC amplification; distributed signal power evolution measurement; phase sensitive parametric amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber sensors; Optical variables measurement; Probes; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1H.4
