Title :
Two wave mixing in erbium-doped fiber amplifier for modulation depth enhancement of optically carried microwave signals
Author :
Norcia-Molin, S. ; Tonda-Goldstein, S. ; Frey, R. ; Dolfi, D. ; Huignard, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Orsay, France
Abstract :
We present here an experimental and theoretical study of two wave mixing by gain saturation in a diode pumped erbium doped polarisation maintaining fiber amplifier. Application to modulation depth enhancement of optically carried microwave signals is proposed and demonstrated.
Keywords :
erbium; microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical pumping; diode pumped fiber amplifier; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; gain saturation; modulation depth enhancement; optically carried microwave signal; polarisation maintaining fiber amplifier; two wave mixing; Diodes; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567963
