DocumentCode
3077569
Title
Hybrid phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive amplifiers for optical communication
Author
Marhic, M.E.
Author_Institution
Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
2-6 July 2012
Firstpage
493
Lastpage
494
Abstract
A phase-sensitive amplifier followed by a phase-insensitive one can have a noise figure well below 3dB. This can be used for reducing the detrimental nonlinear effects occurring in fiber optical parametric amplifiers for optical communication.
Keywords
optical communication; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; detrimental nonlinear effects; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; hybrid phase-sensitive amplifiers; noise figure; optical communication; phase-insensitive amplifiers; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location
Busan
ISSN
2166-8884
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN
2166-8884
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276538
Filename
6276538
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