Title :
Cascaded nonlinearity: a simple technique to compensate Kerr effect in optical amplifiers
Author :
Alam, S.-U. ; Biffi, G. ; Grudinin, A.B. ; Burdge, G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We have experimentally demonstrated a hybrid optical amplifier comprising a periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ crystal and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The use of cascaded nonlinearity inside nonlinear crystal made it possible to construct a "nonlinearity-free" optical amplifier.
Keywords :
compensation; dielectric polarisation; erbium; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre amplifiers; Kerr effect compensation; LiNbO/sub 3/; cascaded nonlinearity; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; hybrid optical amplifier; nonlinear crystal; nonlinearity-free optical amplifier; optical amplifiers; periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/; Fiber nonlinear optics; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768046
