Title :
Saturation effect on pump-to-signal intensity modulation transfer in single-pump phase-insensitive fibre optic parametric amplifiers
Author :
Cristofori, Valentina ; Lali-Dastjerdi, Zohreh ; Lund-Hansen, Toke ; Galili, Michael ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Rottwitt, Karsten
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A numerical and experimental characterization of how signal gain saturation affects the transfer of the intensity modulation of the pump to the signal in single-pump phase-insensitive fibre optic parametric amplifiers is presented.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturation; pump-to-signal intensity modulation transfer; saturation effect; signal gain saturation affects; single pump phase insensitive fibre optic parametric amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110552
