Title :
Spurious four wave mixing and cross gain saturation crosstalk in parametric amplifiers using dispersion shifted fibers with large or small variations of λ0
Author :
Callegari, F.A. ; Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Marconi, J.D. ; Guimarães, A. ; Said, J.C. ; Juriollo, A.A. ; Fragnito, H.L.
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Photonics Res. Center, Unicamp-IFGW, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We experimentally analyze amplification performance of a two channel WDM system within a single-pumped fiber optic parametric amplifier. We show that fluctuations of the zero dispersion wavelength enhances spurious four wave mixing generation and crosstalk.
Keywords :
erbium; infrared spectra; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; cross gain saturation crosstalk; dispersion shifted fibers; single-pumped fiber optic parametric amplifier; spurious four wave mixing; Crosstalk; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363469
