• DocumentCode
    600666
  • Title

    Flat and broad amplification by quasi-phase-matched fiber optical parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Takasaka, Shigehiro ; Mimura, Y. ; Takahashi, Masaharu ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi ; Ogoshi, H.

  • Author_Institution
    FITEL Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We find that quasi-phase-matching by periodic insertions of pump-phase-shifters into a highly nonlinear fiber enables parametric gain flat and broad. The insertion of the shifter broadens 0.3-dB gain bandwidth to 30 nm from 9 nm.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; optical phase shifters; optical pumping; broad amplification; fiber optical parametric amplifier; flat amplification; gain 0.3 dB; highly nonlinear fiber; periodic pump-phase-shifter insertions; quasiphase matching; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476491