Title :
Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis of Fiber Optic Parametric Amplifiers
Author :
Vedadi, A. ; Alasia, D. ; Lantz, E. ; Maillotte, H. ; Thévenaz, L. ; González-Herraez, M. ; Sylvestre, T.
Author_Institution :
D?partement d´´Optique P.M. Duffieux, Institut FEMTO-ST, Universit? de Franche-Comt?, CNRS UMR 6174, 25030 Besancon, France, armand.vedadi@univ-fcomte.fr
Abstract :
We carried out, for the first time to our knowledge, distributed measurements of the small-signal gain of fiber-based parametric amplifiers by using a novel technique based on Brillouin optical time domain analysis.
Keywords :
Frequency; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800935
