Title :
Quasi phase-matched FOPA with 50 nm gain bandwidth using dispersion stable highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Takasaka, Shigehiro ; Taniguchi, Yukinobu ; Takahashi, Masaharu ; Hiroshi, Jiro ; Tadakuma, Masateru ; Matsuura, Hiroshi ; Doi, Kohei ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
Abstract :
Fabricated dispersion stable HNLFs enable a quasi phase-matched FOPA with only 2-stage configuration to have flat gain more than 22 dB with bandwidth of 50 nm. NF is less than 4.4 dB in C-band.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; dispersion stable highly nonlinear fiber; fiber optical parametric amplifier; quasiphase matched FOPA; Bandwidth; Gain; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion;
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.W3E.2
