Title :
Polarization-independent two-pump fiber optical amplifier with polarization diversity
Author :
Kalogerakis, G. ; Marhic, M.E. ; Kazovsky, L.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a polarization independent two-pump fiber OPA based on polarization diversity. We achieve less than 0.4-dB PDG for 15.5-dB gain when the input signal polarization is swept over the Poincare sphere.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; 15.5 dB; OPA; PDG; Poincare sphere; polarization dependent gain; polarization diversity; two-pump fiber optical amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215649
