Title :
On the Roles of Polarization and Raman-Assisted Phase Matching in Narrowband Fiber Parametric Amplifiers
Author :
Willinger, Amnon ; Shumakher, Evgeny ; Eisenstein, Gadi
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
fDate :
7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a comprehensive framework for the analysis of narrowband optical fiber parametric amplifiers. The novel vector model comprises virtually every significant nonlinear contribution, including a full stimulated Raman interaction model. We employ the model to calculate the influence of fiber random birefringence, as well as of longitudinal variations of linear and nonlinear propagation parameters on both gain and phase spectra.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical parametric amplifiers; stimulated Raman scattering; Raman-assisted phase matching; birefringence; narrowband optical fiber parametric amplifiers; polarization; stimulated Raman interaction model; Birefringence; Frequency conversion; Narrowband; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical propagation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Vectors; Nonlinear optics; Raman scattering; optical parametric amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2008.923273
