Title :
Polarization-insensitive 2R-regenerator based on two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Velanas, Pantelis ; Bogris, Adonis ; Syvridis, Dimitris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Univ. of Athens, Athens
Abstract :
An all optical parametric 2R-regenerator is numerically investigated in terms of its polarization insensitivity. The proposed device is based on the use of a fiber optical parametric amplifier with two pumps at orthogonal polarization states.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical repeaters; 2R-regenerator; orthogonal polarization state; polarization insensitivity; two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Four-wave mixing; all-optical regeneration; optical transmission; parametric amplification;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771724
