Title :
A novel design for polarization-independent single-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifiers
Author :
Yaman, F. ; Lin, Q. ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Abstract :
We propose a novel design for making the gain of single-pump, fiber-optic parametric amplifiers polarization independent. We show that under suitable conditions, signal gain varies by < 0.1 dB as its polarization varies.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; polarisation; fiber-optic parametric amplifiers; polarization independent; signal gain; single pump; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; 060.2320; 060.4370; 190.4970; 190.5040; 90.4380;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628778
