Polarization-independent one-pump fiber-optical parametric amplifier

被引:69
作者
Wong, KKY [1 ]
Marhic, ME [1 ]
Uesaka, K [1 ]
Kazovsky, LG [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Opt Commun Res Lab, Dept Elect Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
four-wave mixing (FWM); optical amplifiers; optical fibers; optical transmission; parametric amplification;
D O I
10.1109/LPT.2002.803372
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
One-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) can be rendered polarization independent by using a polarization-diversity technique. We have experimentally demonstrated a fiber OPA with peak signal gain of 9 +/- 0.2 dB when the signal polarization angle was varied from 0degrees to 90degrees. Power penalty of less than 1 dB was measured in a 10-Gb/s transmission system.
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页码:1506 / 1508
页数:3
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