Title :
FOPA with flat 21-dB gain and NF less than 4-dB using alternately concatenated pump-phase shifters and HNLFs
Author :
Takasaka, Shigehiro ; Mimura, Y. ; Matsuura, Hiroshi ; Morimoto, Masayuki ; Takahashi, Masaharu ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
FITEL Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a single-pumped fiber optical parametric amplifier using alternately concatenated highly nonlinear fibers and pump-phase shifters for quasi-phase matching. Gain bandwidth with 1-dB flatness is 25 nm. Noise figure is less than 4 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; phase shifters; FOPA; HNLF; concatenated highly nonlinear fibers; concatenated pump-phase shifters; fiber optical parametric amplifier; gain 21 dB; noise figure; quasi-phase matching; single-pumped fiber optical parametric amplifier; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
