• DocumentCode
    448135
  • Title

    Tunable fiber parametric wavelength converter with 24 nm conversion band and 4.5 dB noise figure

  • Author

    McKerracher, Ross W. ; Blows, Justin L. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    986
  • Abstract
    We present a noise figure map of a tunable fiber wavelength converter, based on parametric amplification, with over 24 nm bandwidth. The noise figure, typically 4.5 dB, deteriorates to 10 dB for small wavelength shifts.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; optical wavelength conversion; 10 dB; 4.5 dB; conversion band; noise figure; optical fibre parametric amplifier; parametric amplification; tunable fiber parametric wavelength converter; wavelength shift; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201998
  • Filename
    1573064