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
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.885279
