Brillouin Scattering in Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers

Author

Noordegraaf, Danny ; Lorenzen, Michael ; Nielsen, Carsten Vandel ; Rottwitt, Karsten

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Copenhagen

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

197

Lastpage

200

Abstract

Fiber optical parametric amplifiers (FOPA´s) are attractive components in future optical networks. Not only do they provide amplification, they also offer additional functionalities such as wavelength conversion, demultiplexing, and signal regeneration. The pump power in a FOPA is currently limited due to Brillouin scattering (BS). There are several ways to reduce the impact of BS, including phase modulation of the pump source and novel fiber types. In this paper we demonstrate the impact of BS on the gain of a FOPA.

Keywords

Brillouin spectra; demultiplexing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; Brillouin scattering; demultiplexing; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; optical networks; phase modulation; pump source; signal regeneration; wavelength conversion; Brillouin scattering; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296065

Filename

4296065