• DocumentCode
    448133
  • Title

    Fundamental noise limit in dual-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifiers and wavelength converters

  • Author

    Lin, Q. ; Yaman, E. ; Radic, S. ; Agrawal, Govind P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    980
  • Abstract
    Raman scattering induces considerable noise on dual-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifiers (FOPAs) and wavelength converters. Noise figure of such FOPAs is around 4 dB over the flat portion of gain spectrum and increases as pumps are separated farther apart. Such noise is significantly reduced in FOPAs with cross-polarized pumps.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical wavelength conversion; Raman scattering; cross-polarized pump; dual-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifier; gain spectrum; wavelength converters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201996
  • Filename
    1573062