Title :
Experimental investigation of a frequency-nondegenerate phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Tang, Renyong ; Devgan, Preetpaul ; Lasri, Jacob ; Grigoryan, Vladimir ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first fiber-optic phase-sensitive parametric amplifier based on frequency-nondegenerate four-wave mixing. An input signal is phase-sensitively amplified and the measured gain response matches well with the theory.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; fiber-optic amplifiers; frequency-nondegenerate four-wave mixing; frequency-nondegenerate optical parametric amplifier; gain response; phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifier; ultrahigh-speed communications; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber theory; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192781
