Polarization-independent and flat-gain CW two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier and wavelength converter

Author

Wong, K. K Y ; Marhic, M.E. ; Uesaka, K. ; Kazovsky, L.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

129

Lastpage

130

Abstract

We have demonstrated polarization-independent operation of a CW fiber optical parametric amplifier using two orthogonal pumps, with 15 dB of gain over a 20 nm bandwidth. This method is compatible with two-pump dithering to avoid idler broadening, and provides a flat-gain spectrum. Another advantage of using this method, compared with a polarization diversity scheme is that higher gain can be obtained: by using the same total pump power: we obtained 16 dB of signal gain compared to a maximum of 10 dB when using a polarisation diversity scheme. This method will help bring about the realization of practical high-quality fiber OPAs.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 15 dB; 16 dB; flat-gain CW two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; flat-gain spectrum; high-quality fiber OPAs; idler broadening; optical wavelength converter; orthogonal pumps; polarization diversity scheme; polarization-independent; polarization-independent operation; signal gain; total pump power; two-pump dithering; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036253

Filename

1036253