• DocumentCode
    516133
  • Title

    Gain spectrum of an optical parametric amplifier with a temporally-incoherent pump

  • Author

    Xu, Y.Q. ; Murdoch, S.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report on the performance of a fiber optical parametric amplifier pumped with a temporally-incoherent pump. Parametric gain coefficients seven times higher than that of a coherently pumped amplifier are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; JkJk:Er; fiber optical parametric amplifier; gain spectra; parametric gain; temporally incoherent pump; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465847