Title :
Broadband and flat parametric gain with a single pump in a multi-section nonlinear fiber arrangement
Author :
Provino, L. ; Mussot, A. ; Lantz, E. ; Sylvestre, T. ; Maillotte, H.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. P.M. Duffieux, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
Abstract :
Summary from only given. Parametric amplification appears now as a promising solution for fiber WDM systems and opens up a new means to cover actual and future telecommunications windows. Optical parametric amplifiers (OPA) can directly generate a broad and flat gain region by using two pump lasers or multiple fibers with different group-velocity dispersions. In this work, we propose and theoretically study multi-section OPA configurations based on four NLFs with different zero-dispersion wavelengths to achieve broadband and flat parametric gain.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; broadband flat parametric gain; broadband high gain; fiber WDM systems; high pumping level; highly nonlinear fibers; low noise features; multi-section OPA configurations; optical parametric amplification; optical parametric amplifiers; telecommunications windows; zero-dispersion wavelengths; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034281
