Title :
Polarization insensitivity of gain saturation in dual-orthogonal-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Xiaojie Guo ; Lei, Gordon K. P. ; Xuelei Fu ; Tsang, H.K. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We study the gain saturation and polarization dependence of a dual-orthogonal-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier. Polarization-insensitive gain saturation is observed with less than 1 dB power variation. Experimental results suggest that all-optical polarization-insensitive regeneration can be achieved with the proposed configuration, which is also applicable for polarization-multiplexed signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical repeaters; all optical polarization-insensitive regeneration; dual orthogonal pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; gain saturation; polarization dependence; polarization insensitivity; polarization multiplexed signal; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical polarization; Repeaters; Fiber optical parametric amplifier; all-optical regenerator; polarization insensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
