Title :
Sideband-assisted phase sensitive amplifiers with high phase sensitivity for efficient phase regeneration
Author :
Gao, Mingyi ; Inoue, Takashi ; Kurosu, Takayuki ; Namiki, Shu
Author_Institution :
Network Photonics Res. Center, Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We show that sidebands entailed by phase sensitive amplification significantly increase the parametric de-amplification. The resultant gain extinction ratio was 30 dB with less than 22-dBm pump power, which enables an efficient phase regenerator.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical parametric amplifiers; efficient phase regeneration; gain extinction ratio; high phase sensitivity; parametric de-amplification; phase regenerator; phase sensitive amplification; sideband-assisted phase sensitive amplifiers; Amplitude modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
