Title :
Polarization-independent two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Uesaka, Katsumi ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Fiber-optical parametric amplifiers can be rendered polarization-independent by using two pumps with orthogonal polarization states. We have analytically investigated and experimentally demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, a flat-gain polarization-independent continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier with 15 dB of gain over a 20-nm bandwidth, by using two orthogonal pumps.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 15 dB; flat-gain polarization-independent continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier; four-wave mixing; orthogonal polarization states; orthogonal pumps; polarization-independent two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.1012382
