Title :
Continuous-wave one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier with 230 nm gain bandwidth
Author :
Vedadi, A. ; Jamshidifar, M. ; Marhic, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Adv. Telecommun., Swansea Univ., Swansea
Abstract :
We report operation of a continuous-wave one-pump fiber OPA with net gain between 1460 nm and 1690 nm. We used a 50 m long step-index highly-nonlinear fiber, and 5 W of pump power.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; continuous-wave fiber OPA; fiber optical parametric amplifier; laser pump power; long step-index highly-nonlinear fiber; power 5 W; size 50 m; wavelength 1460 nm to 1690 nm; wideband high-speed WDM communication signal; Bandwidth; Gain; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771742
