• DocumentCode
    1888667
  • Title

    Experimental comparison of gain and saturation characteristics of a parametric amplifier in phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive mode

  • Author

    Lundström, Carl ; Kakande, Joseph ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Tong, Zhi ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Richardson, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a parametric amplifier with precise control of the in-going waves and study gain and saturation properties in both PSA and PIA mode. A PSA gain of 33 dB is achieved.
  • Keywords
    optical control; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical saturation; fiber-optic parametric amplifier; gain 33 dB; gain characteristics; phase-insensitive amplifier; phase-sensitive amplifier; precise control; saturation characteristics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287307