Title :
Hybrid fiber optical parametric amplifiers for broadband optical communication systems
Author :
Marhic, Michel E. ; Lei, Gordon K. P.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
Abstract :
A fiber optical parametric amplifier followed by a conventional amplifier can help reduce internal nonlinear crosstalk, while exhibiting a low noise figure. We review this concept and present our recent experimental results validating it.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; broadband optical communication systems; hybrid fiber optical parametric amplifiers; noise figure exhibition; nonlinear crosstalk; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Stimulated emission; four-wave mixing; nonlinear optics; parametric amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876703
