Title :
Fiber-optic parametric amplifiers in the presence of polarization-mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss
Author :
Yaman, Fatih ; Lin, Qiang ; Radic, S. ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, NY
Abstract :
Polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL) associated with various optical components affect the quality of pump beams even before they enter a fiber-optic parametric amplifier (FOPA). A vector theory of the underlying four-wave mixing process is developed to study the impact of PMD and PDL on the amplification of signal and idler fields. It is shown that the use of high-quality polarizers just before the input end of the fiber can improve the performance of a dual-pump parametric amplifier considerably
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical polarisers; dual-pump parametric amplifier; fiber-optic parametric amplifiers; four-wave mixing; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; polarizers; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fiber-optic parametric amplifiers (FOPAs); four-wave mixing (FWM); polarization-dependent loss (PDL); polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.878286
