Title :
Polarization independent raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Wang, S.H. ; Dawei Wang ; Tee-Hiang Cheng ; Chao Lu ; Wai, P.K.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Fuzhou Univ., Fuzhou, China
fDate :
Nov. 5 2011-Dec. 7 2011
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a polarization independent Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier using depolarized Raman and parametric pumps. The polarization dependent gain fluctuation has been reduced from >;10 dB to less than 1 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; depolarized Raman pumps; parametric pumps; polarization dependent gain fluctuation; polarization independent Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Raman scattering; optical parametric amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2011), 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-539-3
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2011.1323
