Polarization-interleaved WDM signals in a fiber optical parametric amplifier with orthogonal pumps

Author

Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Lu, Guo-Wei ; Chen, Lian-Kuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr.&Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have demonstrated a polarization-interleaved WDM system with a two-orthogonal-pump OPA (2OP-OPA). The sensitivity has been improved by about 2 dB compared to its counterpart with all WDM channels co-polarized with the same signal gain.

Keywords

amplification; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; sensitivity; wavelength division multiplexing; fiber optical parametric amplifier; polarization-interleaved WDM signals; sensitivity; signal gain; two-orthogonal-pump optical parametric amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627894

Filename

4627894