• DocumentCode
    1657877
  • Title

    Gain optimization in fiber optical parametric amplifiers by combining standard and high-SBS threshold highly nonlinear fibers

  • Author

    Da Ros, Francesco ; Rottwitt, Karsten ; Peucheret, Christophe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Combining Al-doped and Ge-doped HNLFs as gain media in FOPAs is proposed and optimized, resulting in efficient SBS mitigation while circumventing the additional loss of the high SBS threshold Al-doped fiber.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; germanium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; FOPA; SBS; additional loss; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; gain optimization; highly nonlinear fibers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gain; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325820