• DocumentCode
    2156748
  • Title

    Fiber optical parametric amplification of optical combs for enhanced performance and functionality

  • Author

    Kakande, Joseph ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the inherent suitability of fiber optical parametric amplifiers (FOPAs) to the amplification of optical combs, combining gain, spectral shaping, frequency translation, effective spectral broadening and low noise amplification.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; fiber optical parametric amplification; fiber optical parametric amplifier; frequency translation; gain; low noise amplification; optical combs; spectral broadening; spectral shaping; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6065888