Title :
6.4-dB small signal gain enhancement in Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Wang, S.H. ; Xu, Lixin ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We reported a 6.4-dB gain enhancement of a Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier over the sum of the gains of the individual Raman and parametric amplifiers by keeping the amplifiers out of the saturation region.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifiers; signal gain enhancement; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (190.4380) Four-wave mixing; (190.5650) Raman effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
