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

Volume

24

Issue

8

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3088

Lastpage

3096

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);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.878286

Filename

1667828