双泵浦两段高非线性光纤级联的光纤参量放大器

提出和设计了一种宽带宽、高增益和增益平坦的光纤参量放大器,它具有双泵浦和两段高非线性光纤级联的结构.选择光纤的四阶色散系数作为优化的指标之一,用普通的数组循环计算法,对双泵浦及两根高非线性光纤组成的系统进行模拟,获得了峰值增益62.46 dB,起伏小于5 dB,带宽高达424nm的光纤参量放大器.     

光纤参量放大器技术及其最新进展

介绍和论述了一种非常有实用前景的基于光纤非线性效应的光参量放大器(OPA)及其最新技术进展．最新发展揭示了它的很多技术特性优于传统的掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)、半导体光放大器(SOA)和近年来很热门的光纤拉曼放大器(FRA)，如对信号的调制形式、比特率的完全透明性、相位共轭、超宽的增益带宽、很低的噪声指数和具备优异的全光波长转换功能．     

Broad-band 88% efficient two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier

We demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, a highly efficient continuous-wave two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier. We used a total pump power of /spl sim/280mW in a 14-km-long fiber and obtained 88% power transfer from pumps to signal and idler over 25-nm bandwidth centered at 1568 nm.     

200-nm-bandwidth fiber optical amplifier combining parametric andRaman gain

Theory shows that the gain bandwidth of a one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier (OPA) using highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) could be more than 200 nm. Under these circumstances, the OPA gain would overlap the pump-induced Raman gain. We have studied the combined effects of OPA and Raman gain theoretically and experimentally. The experimental results demonstrate a 200-nm bandwidth from a single fiber-optical amplifier and also verify that the influence of the Raman effect is relatively small, as predicted by the theory     

A flexible receiver with fiber optical parametric amplifier in OCDMA-FSO communication system

A new receiver is proposed, which uses the fiber optical parametric amplifier（FOPA） in optical code division multiple access（OCDMA） over free space optic（FSO） communication system. The noise tolerance as the performance index in this receiver is derived. The receiver can not only improve the noise tolerance but also change the pump data conveniently for adapting to the length variation of the coding sequence under a complex and fast-changing weather condition. The influence of different factors on the noise tolerance is analyzed, and a significant improvement of about 18.77 d B for the noise tolerance can be achieved when the pump power and the length of coding sequence are 5 W and 256, respectively.     

Gain characteristics of a dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier with Raman effect

We investigate the pump-depleted model of a dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier(FOPA) with Raman effect.As bandwidth increases,the gain profile of the distorted FOPA would be impacted seriously.Under the widebands,especially when the pump separation is large,zero dispersion wavelength(ZDW) fluctuation is another factor which can not be neglected.Numerical simulations with these comprehensive factors are mainly analyzed to obtain their influence on gain characteristics.Saturated gain spectrum is also discussed in detail.     

高性能光纤参量放大器的设计与应用

近年来,光纤参量放大的发展非常迅猛。分析了提高光纤参量放大增益、扩展带宽、降低偏振灵敏度的几种重要方法,并就光纤参量在分立式集中放大、透明的波长转换、归零脉码生成、OTDM开关、全光抽样、可擦除全光缓存、3R再生等方面的典型应用进行了全面综述。光纤OPA在DWDM系统、全光网等领域将有非常广泛而重要的运用。     

Continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier with 60-dB gain using a novel two-segment design

We have obtained 60 dB of internal (ON-OFF) gain with a continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier by using an isolator between two fiber segments to increase the pump stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold. Subdecibel penalties were measured for transmission of 10-Gb/s signals, with 35 dB of gain.     

Polarization-insensitive fiber optical parametric amplifier based on polarization diversity technique with dual parallel pumps

By analyzing the principle of dual-pump parametric amplification and the polarization dependent gain of fiber optical parametric amplifier(FOPA),a polarization-insensitive FOPA based on polarization-diversity technique with dual parallel pumps is presented.The performances of polarization-insensitivity,gain and BER are theoretically analyzed and numerically simulated by comparing the proposed scheme with parallel pump solution and orthogonal pump solution.The presented solution can reduce the complexity of state of polarization(SoP) of pumps.     

A novel approach to measure microwave frequency by using fiber optical parametric amplifier

This paper proposes an approach to measure the microwave frequency in optical domain with adjustable measurement range and resolution by using four wave mixing process in the single mode fiber (SMF). The measurement range 10–45 GHz is obtained by choosing 500 mW pump power. Results show that the measurement range of this scheme can be adjusted easily by changing the pump power and the measurement resolution will be changed by modifying the fiber length and the initial signal power.     

Impact of pump phase modulation on the gain of fiber optical parametric amplifier

In practice, fiber optical parametric amplifiers are generally driven by a phase-modulated pump wave to avoid stimulated Brillouin back-scattering. We show both analytically and numerically that the phase modulation of the pump can induce strong parametric gain modulation and that this detrimental effect depends both on the rise-fall time of the phase modulator and on the fiber dispersion slope.     

Phase-conjugate pump dithering for high-quality idler generation in a fiber optical parametric amplifier

We experimentally demonstrate a simple technique to cancel the idler broadening in a fiber optical parametric amplifier (OPA) by using two pumps phase-modulated 180/spl deg/ out of phase, one of them being obtained by four-wave mixing in an auxiliary fiber. The resulting OPA idler quality is comparable to that of the output signal.     

Dispersion-compensator incorporated optical fiber amplifier

An optical fiber amplifier incorporating a dispersion compensator such as a dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) is proposed and examined theoretically and experimentally. The new amplifier requires only a single pump laser. In the experiment a 0.98-μm laser diode was used and the pump power was 50 mW. By utilizing remnant pump power, the amplifier can halve the loss effect of the compensator and double the apparent figure of merit of the DCF (ps/nm/dB). The noise figure of the new amplifier is not affected by inserting the DCP. A low-noise figure of 5 dB was obtained over a wide input-power range of -40 to -10 dBm     

An erbium-doped multimode optical fiber amplifier

The authors describe the first experimental study of an erbium-doped multimode fiber amplifier. The focus has been to characterize an intermediate core erbium-doped optical fiber, a fiber that is capable of propagating many guided modes at both the signal and pump wavelengths, and to determine the feasibility of using such an active fiber as a multimode fiber amplifier, by measuring its gain, noise, and pump power requirements. For a 2-m length of a 13-μm-core erbium-doped fiber, the authors measured gain as high as 16 dB at a signal wavelength of 1543 nm, with approximately 100 mW pump power (980 nm). For these same test conditions, the smallest excess noise factor β was 42     

S波段光纤放大器的研究

文章介绍了掺铥光纤放大器(TDFA)和增益位移掺铥光纤放大器(GS-TDFA)的基本工作原理.分析了不同的泵浦波长选择.随后,作者提出了一种使用半导体激光器泵浦两级高掺杂掺铥光纤的增益位移放大器方案.采用此方案的光纤放大器在30 nm工作带宽上光增益大于20 dB,饱和输出功率大于17 dBm,噪声指数为5.9～6.2 dB.     

Magnetic tunability of fiber optical parametric oscillators with optical clock extraction

A 10 Gb/s all-optical clock extraction based on magnetically controllable fiber optical parametric oscillator (MC-FOPO) is demonstrated.The operation properties of the magnetic control unit,composed of a solenoid and a magneto-optic crystal of high Verdet constant,are experimentally investigated.By adjusting the drive current of the solenoid,the magneto-optic crystal unit may serve as a tunable optical fiber delay line with polarization control to some extent.The experimental results show that the MC-FOPO is capable of repetitively magnetic tunability desirable for all-optical clock recovery.     

Raman fiber oscillator as optical amplifier

A Raman fiber oscillator used for optical amplification is demonstrated to have lower double Rayleigh scattering, transient spikes, cross-phase modulation, and higher saturation input threshold compared with a conventional discrete Raman amplifier at similar operating conditions. This could be a promising technology for deployment in practical systems.     

RZ-DPSK OTDM demultiplexing using fibre optical parametric amplifier with clock-modulated pump

Optical demultiplexing for a 40 Gbit/s RZ-DPSK OTDM signal using a fibre optical parametric amplifier with a sinusoidal-clock-modulated pump is experimentally demonstrated. Less than 1.3 dB power penalty and around 30 dB gain are obtained for all four demultiplexed channels. Superior performance is obtained for the demultiplexed tributaries in RZ-DPSK OTDM systems compared with those in RZOOK OTDM.     

Dispersion compensation for optical fiber systems

Much of the currently embedded optical fiber was originally designed for light with a wavelength of 1.3 microns. If this fiber is to be used with tomorrow's optically amplified, high-speed, long span-length lightwave system operating at 1.5 microns, the chromatic dispersion in the fiber must be compensated. Dispersion compensation will be required in long-haul l0 Gb/s systems using conventional fiber. Many compensation techniques have been demonstrated and they exhibit a variety of different and often complimentary properties. Transmitter compensation techniques are the most easily implemented but provide a limited amount of compensation. The most commercially advanced technique is negative dispersion fiber. Chirped Bragg gratings are advancing rapidly, but will always be hampered by their narrow bandwidth. The adoption of any particular technique for use in a high-speed network will depend on the constraints imposed by the, as yet, undefined network architecture     

光纤放大器的泵浦问题

文章结合光纤放大器的工作原理和应用，对其泵浦光源的技术要求与泵浦光输入方式作了较为全面的阐述。由此可以看出，对于不同用途的光纤放大器，其泵浦光源本身和应用中的泵浦方式也是一个广阔的研究开发领域。