Title :
Q penalties due to pump phase modulation in FOPAs
Author :
Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Callegari, F.A. ; Guimaraes, Adolfo ; Marconi, J.D. ; Fragnito, H.L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Fisica `Gleb Wataghin´´ UNICAMP, Campinas
Abstract :
We investigate Q penalties in FOPAs arising from variations of the parametric gain originated by pump phase modulation. We show that these penalties are strongly reduced in fibers with large variations of the zero dispersion wavelength (lambda0)
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; phase modulation; FOPA; Q penalties; fiber optic parametric amplifiers; parametric gain variations; pump phase modulation; zero dispersion wavelength variation fibers; Degradation; Fluctuations; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance gain; Phase modulation; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192779
