Title :
Continuous-wave one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier with 270 nm gain bandwidth
Author :
Jamshidifar, M. ; Vedadi, A. ; Marhic, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
Abstract :
We report operation of a continuous-wave one-pump fibre OPA with net gain between 1447 nm and 1717 nm. We used a 114 m long step-index highly-nonlinear fibre, and 5 W of pump power.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; OPA net gain; continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier; highly-nonlinear fibre; long-step-index fibre; one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; optical parametric amplifier; power 5 W; size 114 m; wavelength 1447 nm to 1717 nm; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
