Title :
Noise characterization of Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Wang, S.H. ; Xu, Lixin ; Wai, P.K.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers with approaching 3-dB noise figure can be obtained by optimizing the powers of Raman and parametric pumps because of the different polarization states of the up- and down-conversion parametric spontaneous noises.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; Raman pump; Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers; down-conversion parametric spontaneous noise; noise characterization; noise figure 3 dB; parametric pump; up-conversion parametric spontaneous noise; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5222718
