High-nonlinearity fiber optical parametric amplifier with periodic dispersion compensation

Author

Marhic, Michel E. ; Yang, Frank S. ; Ho, Min-Chen ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

215

Abstract

Theory shows that the maximum gain and bandwidth of one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers made from high-nonlinearity fiber, operated with a pump wavelength λ_p far from the fiber zero-dispersion wavelength λ₀ can greatly be improved by periodic dispersion compensation. We have performed experiments and obtained good agreement with theory: for λ_p=1542 and λ₀=1591 nm, we have increased the bandwidth from 7 to 28 nm, and the maximum gain from 15 to 20 dB, by splicing three pieces of standard fiber at regular intervals in a 40-m long nonlinear fiber

Keywords

compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; 1542 nm; 1591 nm; 20 dB; 40 m; fiber zero-dispersion wavelength; high-nonlinearity fiber; high-nonlinearity fiber optical parametric amplifier; maximum gain; nonlinear fiber; one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers; periodic dispersion compensation; pump wavelength; regular intervals; standard fiber; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Performance gain; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Splicing; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.744225

Filename

744225