DocumentCode
1743122
Title
Fiber-optical parametric amplifier with 35-nm bandwidth
Author
Marhic, Michel E. ; Kagi, Nobuyoki ; Chiang, Ting-Kuang ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Firstpage
95
Lastpage
97
Abstract
Summary form only given. We show that the bandwidth of a fiber-optical parametric amplifier (OPA) depends only on the even orders of fiber dispersion at the pump wavelength, and can reach tens of nanometers when operating near the zero-dispersion wavelength. Theory and experimental results show that fiber OPAs can exhibit bandwidths exceeding that of EDFAs, and could find applications as broadband amplifiers, or as broadband wavelength converters with high conversion efficiency.
Keywords
fibre lasers; optical parametric amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; bandwidth; broadband amplifiers; broadband wavelength converters; fiber-optical parametric amplifier; pump wavelength; zero-dispersion wavelength; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluctuations; Gain; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN
1-55752-422-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1996.907674
Filename
907674
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