Title :
6.4-dB Enhancement of the Gain of a Raman-assisted Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier Over the Sum of the Gains of Individual Amplifiers
Author :
Wang, S.H. ; Lixin Xu ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, Hwa Yaw
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We first reported a 6.4 dB enhancement of the gain of a hybrid Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier over the sum of the gains of the individual Raman and parametric amplifiers.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; Raman amplifier; continuous-wave pumping; gain enhancement; hybrid amplifiers; optical parametric amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528040
