• DocumentCode
    3524226
  • Title

    Brillouin suppression in a fiber optical parametric amplifier by combining temperature distribution and phase modulation

  • Author

    Lorenzen, Matthias ; Noordegraaf, Danny ; Nielsen, Carsten Vandel ; Odgaard, Ole ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Rottwitt, Karsten

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. Opt. & Mater., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an increased gain in a fiber optical parametric amplifier through suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering by applying a temperature distribution along the fiber, resulting in a reduction of the required phase modulation.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin suppression; fiber optical parametric amplifier; phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; temperature distribution; Brillouin scattering; Distributed amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Temperature distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528357
  • Filename
    4528357