Title :
Gain statistics of a fiber 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
Abstract :
We present an experimental investigation into the statistics of the gain fluctuations of a fiber optical parametric amplifier pumped with a temporally incoherent pump. These statistics are shown to be a strong function of signal detuning.
Keywords :
Fluctuations; Gain measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Parametric statistics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
