Title :
Double-pumped parametric amplifier with flat gain over 47 nm bandwidth using a conventional dispersion shifted fiber
Author :
Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Marconi, J.D. ; Fragnito, H.L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Fisica ´´Gleb Wataghin´´ Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We report a double-pumped parametric amplifier with 37±1.5 dB gain over a 47-nm bandwidth using a conventional dispersion-shifted fiber. The average gain and the gain uniformity are limited by PMD and variations of λ00.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; λ00 variations; 37 dB; PMD; dispersion shifted fiber; double-pumped amplifier; flat-gain amplifier; gain uniformity; parametric amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1