• DocumentCode
    2928583
  • Title

    Impact of fiber loss in pump resonators for fiber optical parametric amplifiers

  • Author

    Marhic, M.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Adv. Telecommun., Swansea Univ., Swansea
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    We show that the ratio of fiber loss to fiber nonlinearity is an important parameter for the design of pump resonators for fiber OPAs. Silica-based HNLF have advantages over other nonlinear fibers for making such resonators, and can exhibit power enhancement ratios of over 100.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre losses; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical resonators; silicon compounds; SiO2; fiber loss; fiber nonlinearity; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; highly nonlinear fiber; pump resonators; silica-based HNLF; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444402
  • Filename
    4444402