DocumentCode
803751
Title
A Novel Design for Polarization-Independent Single-Pump Fiber-Optic Parametric Amplifiers
Author
Yaman, F. ; Lin, Q. ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY
Volume
18
Issue
22
fYear
2006
Firstpage
2335
Lastpage
2337
Abstract
We propose a novel scheme for designing fiber-optic parametric amplifiers whose operation does not depend on the input signal polarization. In our scheme, four-wave mixing takes place inside a birefringent fiber pumped at 45deg from a principal axis. We show numerically that output power varies by <0.1 dB for arbitrary states of input polarization under practical conditions
Keywords
birefringence; multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; birefringent fiber; fiber-optic amplifier design; fiber-optic parametric amplifiers; four-wave mixing; polarization-independent amplifiers; single-pump amplifiers; Birefringence; Equations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Operational amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Signal processing; Fiber birefringence; four-wave mixing (FWM); parametric amplifiers; polarization-mode dispersion;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.885279
Filename
1717533
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