Title :
Fiber optical parametric amplifier pulse source: theory and experiments
Author :
Torounidis, Thomas ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
An evaluation of a fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA)-based pulse source in terms of pulse width and chirp is presented. Experiments are performed when operating the FOPA as a pulse source, requiring a sinusoidally modulated pump. The FOPA is generating pulses at 10 GHz, and are measured using a streak camera capable of measuring pulses as a function of time, wavelength, and intensity. Experimental results are presented together with a theory for chirp and pulse widths that show good agreement.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; 10 GHz; chirp; fiber optical parametric amplifier; optical pulse generation; pulse source; pulsewidth; sinusoidally modulated pump; streak camera; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber theory; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); nonlinear optics; optical fiber communication; optical parametric amplifier; parametric processes; pulse generation;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.859436
