DocumentCode
2244269
Title
Fast control of a phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier by frequency-swept Brillouin-gain dispersion
Author
Whitehead, Thomas D. ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution
EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate in-line control of a phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier by tuning the pump frequency of a Brillouin fiber pre-amplifier. This approach achieves an order of magnitude faster response compared to piezoelectric control.
Keywords
Brillouin spectra; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; frequency-swept Brillouin-gain dispersion; optical pumping; optical tuning; phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Scattering; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950778
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