• DocumentCode
    1955937
  • Title

    Parametric amplification in optical fibers with random birefringence

  • Author

    Marhic, M.E. ; Wong, K. IC-Y ; Kazovsky, L.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    349
  • Abstract
    By averaging the OPA equations for fibers with random birefringence, we show that the gain coefficient with orthogonal pumps is significantly larger than would be expected in nonbirefringent fibers. This is verified by experiments.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre theory; optical parametric amplifiers; OPA equations; gain coefficient; optical fibers; orthogonal pumps; parametric amplification; random birefringence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359281