Title :
Gain spectrum of an optical parametric amplifier with a temporally-incoherent pump
Author :
Xu, Y.Q. ; Murdoch, S.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
We report on the performance of a fiber optical parametric amplifier pumped with a temporally-incoherent pump. Parametric gain coefficients seven times higher than that of a coherently pumped amplifier are demonstrated.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; JkJk:Er; fiber optical parametric amplifier; gain spectra; parametric gain; temporally incoherent pump; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
