Title :
Saturation effects in degenerate phase sensitive fiber optic parametric amplifiers
Author :
Kakande, Joseph ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Slavik, Radan ; Grüner-Nielsen, Lars ; Jakobsen, Dan ; Herstrom, Søren ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally study saturation effects in degenerate phase sensitive amplifiers, revealing and explaining a gain regime suitable for all-optical signal processing functions such as phase regeneration.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical parametric amplifiers; optical saturation; all-optical signal processing functions; degenerate phase sensitive fiber optic parametric amplifiers; phase regeneration; saturation effects; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency conversion; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical sensors; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621376
