Title :
Pump-to-signal intensity modulation transfer in saturated-gain fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Lali-Dastjerdi, Z. ; Lund-Hansen, T. ; Rottwitt, K. ; Galili, M. ; Peucheret, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
The pump-to-signal intensity modulation transfer in saturated degenerate FOPAs is numerically investigated over the whole gain bandwidth. The intensity modulation transfer decreases and the OSNR improves when the amplifier operates in the saturation regime.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; pump-to-signal intensity modulation transfer; saturated-gain fiber optical parametric amplifiers; Gain; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194076
