Title :
Polarization-independent one-pump fiber-optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Uesaka, Katsumi ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
One-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) can be rendered polarization independent by using a polarization-diversity technique. We have experimentally demonstrated a fiber OPA with peak signal gain of 9 /spl plusmn/ 0.2 dB when the signal polarization angle was varied from 0/spl deg/ to 90/spl deg/. Power penalty of less than 1 dB was measured in a 10-Gb/s transmission system.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; 10 Gbit/s; peak signal gain; polarization independent; polarization-diversity technique; polarization-independent one-pump fiber-optical parametric amplifier; power penalty; signal polarization angle; transmission system; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.803372
