Title :
Polarization-insensitive single-pump optical parametric amplifier by depolarization of the pump
Author :
Luo, T. ; Yu, C. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Pan, Z. ; Wang, Y. ; Song, Y. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a polarization-insensitive single-pumped optical-parametric-amplifier by depolarizing the pump using a polarization controller followed by a piece of polarization-maintaining fiber with /spl sim/ 100-ps DGD. The polarization-dependent-gain is reduced from 8 dB to <1 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; polarization controller; polarization-dependent-gain; polarization-insensitive optical parametric amplifier; polarization-maintaining fiber; pump depolarization; single-pump optical parametric amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
