Title :
Narrowband and tunable parametric amplification in Bismuth-Oxide-based highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Seki, Kyota ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
We have experimentally, for the first time, demonstrated one-pump optical fiber parametric amplification (OPA) in bismuth-oxide-based highly nonlinear fiber (Bi-HNLF), and realized narrowband (0.75 nm) and tunable gain spectrum as high as 58 dB.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; Bi2O3; bismuth-oxide-based highly nonlinear fiber; four wave mixing; narrowband amplification; optical fiber parametric amplification; stimulated Brillouin scattering; tunable gain spectrum; tunable parametric amplification; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Brillouin scattering; Intensity modulation; Narrowband; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
