• DocumentCode
    2578509
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    232
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771742
  • Filename
    4771742