Dual pump fibre optical parametric amplifier based on four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fibre

Author

Kipnoo, E. Rotich ; Waswa, D. ; Muguro, K. ; Leitch, A.W.R.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Chepkoilel Univ. Coll., Eldoret, Kenya

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this study, the influence of highly nonlinear fibre (HNLF) in Fibre optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) gain has been done using numerical simulations. Results shows that nonlinear coefficient, γ affect the gain flatness of a FOPA. It was also found that amplifier gain increase with increase in fibre length. These results help in improving the transmission capacity of long haul system and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).

Keywords

multiwave mixing; numerical analysis; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; dense wavelength division multiplexing; dual pump fibre optical parametric amplifier; fibre length; four-wave mixing; gain flatness; highly nonlinear fibre; long haul system; nonlinear coefficient; numerical simulations; transmission capacity; Frequency conversion; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Dispersion; FOPA; FWM; nonlinear effects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2011

Conference_Location

Livingstone

ISSN

2153-0025

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-992-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072118

Filename

6072118