Mixing of signals in two-pump fiber optic parametric amplifiers

Author

Callegari, F.A. ; Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Fragnito, H.L.

Author_Institution

Res. & Dev. Center, Ericsson Telecomunicacoes SA, Campinas, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

567

Abstract

We measure the parasitic four wave mixing tones generated by two signals that are amplified in two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers (2P-FOPAs). We consider two parametric amplifiers that use different lengths of fiber and pump powers but have identical parametric gain. We observe that the parasitic tones are stronger in the 2P-FOPA with longer fiber and smaller pump power. This is in agreement with our prediction of crosstalk in 2P-FOPAs.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; crosstalk; identical parametric gain; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; optics communication; parasitic four wave mixing tones; simulated eye diagram; stimulated Brillouin scattering; two-pump fiber optic parametric amplifiers; Four-wave mixing; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242640

Filename

1242640