Title :
Effect of dispersion fluctuations on longitudinal gain evolution in phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers
Author :
Alishahi, F. ; Vedadi, A. ; Shoaie, Mohammad Amin ; Soto, Marcelo A. ; Denisov, A. ; Mehrany, K. ; Thevenaz, Luc ; Bres, C.-S.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
A Brillouin probing method is proposed to extract the distribution of signal power along phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers. Operation near the zero-dispersion-wavelength shows enhanced sensitivity to dispersion fluctuations, allowing effective extraction of the dispersion map.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; Brillouin probing method; dispersion fluctuations; dispersion map extraction; longitudinal gain evolution; phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers; signal power distribution; zero-dispersion-wavelength; Fluctuations; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
