Origin of Non-Reciprocal Response in Fiber Optic Parametric Amplifiers

Author

Nissim, Ron Reuven ; Pejkic, Ana ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

33

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan.15, 15 2015

Firstpage

495

Lastpage

502

Abstract

The non-reciprocal response of high-performance fiber optic parametric amplifiers was investigated. This response is attributed to the combination of fibers´ inhomogeneous nature and their operation at deep saturation, but it is not clear whether this effect is promoted by polarization or dispersion. We show that non-reciprocal behavior is dominated by the fiber´s local dispersion. Additionally, a simulation strategy capable of capturing fiber optic parametric amplifiers´ non-reciprocal response is demonstrated.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical saturation; dispersion; fiber optic parametric amplifiers; nonreciprocal response; polarization; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Photonics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear fiber optics; four-wave mixing; nonlinear fiber optics; optical amplifiers; optical saturation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2014.2386656

Filename

6999916