Noise characteristics of dual-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifiers

The noise figure (NF) properties of an undepleted and lossless dual-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifier (FOPA) are theoretically and numerically investigated. The theoretical study takes into account the noise characteristics of the two pump waves that are considered to have parallel polarization states for gain maximization. It is shown that noisy pump waves degrade the amplifier's NF, especially when the amplifier is operating at high gain values and when the input signal is high. The theoretical observations are validated by Monte Carlo numerical simulations, and the agreement between them is excellent. Finally, a comparative study concerning the noise characteristics of dual-pump and single-pump FOPAs is performed.     

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.     

Fiber-optic parametric amplifier in a loop mirror configuration

A configuration of the fiber-optic parametric amplifier (FOPA) using an optical loop mirror is presented and evaluated. Previously presented setups usually suffer a 10-dB loss on the input for the signal wavelength. The setup presented in this letter allows, in principle, virtually lossless combination and separation of pump and signal. In addition, over 30-dB suppression of the pump was achieved in this configuration. Bit-error-rate measurements using the FOPA as preamplifier were compared to a thermal limited receiver. The receiver sensitivity for the FOPA was -30 dBm, which was 10 dB better than the thermally limited receiver.     

Influence of Raman effect on the noise characteristics in a dual pump FOPA

Influence induced by Raman effect on the noise characteristics of a depleted and lossy dual pump fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) is investigated. Taking the Raman effect into account, the modified coupled amplitude equations are firstly built, then the influences of Raman effect on the stokes and anti-stokes wavelengths with different initial signal powers are further analyzed. Besides, the effect on the FOPA gain is also shown with the same initial signal power and constant noise figure (NF).     

Fiber optical parametric amplifier pulse source: theory and experiments

An evaluation of a fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA)-based pulse source in terms of pulse width and chirp is presented. Experiments are performed when operating the FOPA as a pulse source, requiring a sinusoidally modulated pump. The FOPA is generating pulses at 10 GHz, and are measured using a streak camera capable of measuring pulses as a function of time, wavelength, and intensity. Experimental results are presented together with a theory for chirp and pulse widths that show good agreement.     

Noise characteristics of fiber optical parametric amplifiers

We derive an analytical theory for the noise figure of an undepleted and lossless fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA). Both the signal and the wavelength converted idler are investigated. Our theory is applicable for both an ideal pump power source, as well as a noisy one. We find that a noisy pump source can severely degrade the performance at high gain due to the stochastic gain-variations the signal and idler will experience. The theory is compared with Monte Carlo simulations of the FOPA and an excellent agreement is obtained. Simulations in the gain-depleted region show the possibility to reach below quantum-limited, phase-insensitive amplification for single channel transmission.     

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.     

光纤参量放大器的最新进展

从单抽运和双抽运光纤参量放大器两种结构展开论述,着重介绍了光纤参量放大器对信号的放大能力及双抽运光纤参量放大器作为波分复用或密集波分复用系统放大器的可能性和所面临的问题,表明具有高增益和宽带宽的光纤参量放大器有可能成为新一代的光放大器.最后介绍了波长转换器方面的最新进展及双抽运偏振态相互正交时的光纤参量放大器在波长转换方面的独特性能.     

Multiwavelength Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillator

We demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, a multiwavelength fiber ring laser using a continuous-wave dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) as gain medium. In the ring cavity, two high-power pumps are injected into a spool of 1-km highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber to generate the parametric gain, and a superimposed chirped fiber Bragg grating is used as the comb-like filter. Benefiting from the high and flat gain of the dual-pump FOPA, seven lasing lines around 1.55 mum with wavelength spacing of 1 nm have been obtained. Each lasing line has a linewidth of as narrow as 20 pm and an extinction ratio of > 30 dB. The proposed mechanism using a dual-pump FOPA as gain medium is a promising alternative for generating multiwavelength laser.     

光纤参量放大器增益特性的理论与仿真分析

为了优化光纤参量放大器的增益特性,利用理论分析,对FOPA在不同光纤长度、不同泵浦光功率及不同光纤非线性系数下的增益与带宽特性进行了比较与分析。结果表明:使用较长的高非线性光纤、较大的泵浦光、或较大的非线性系数,均可提高FOPA的增益,增益带宽也可随着泵浦光功率和非线性系数的增大而增大。此外,利用仿真模拟对理论分析结果进行了验证。虽然,仿真结果与理论分析结果间略有偏差,但仿真结果依然较好的验证了理论结果的正确性与可行性。     

Design of fiber-optical parametric amplifiers by genetic algorithm

Genetic algorithm is adopted to give an automatic design scheme for fiber-based optical parametric amplifiers (FOPAs). Main steps of the optimization process and discussion about this algorithm are presented. The results show that present FOPA has more than 300-nm flat bandwidth with a central wavelength of 1500 nm and a gain ripple of less than 0.3 dB. Meanwhile, fluctuation in zero-dispersion wavelength of fibers is taken into consideration and its influence is briefly analyzed.     

Gain and Bandwidth Characterization in Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers

The fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) is characterized using a optical time-domain reflectometer-based technique. The measurement technique visualizes how the parametric gain and bandwidth evolves as a function of length. Both gain and bandwidth are measured and compared to theory and a good agreement is found between them, making this technique useful for characterization of FOPAs. The impact of zero dispersion wavelength variations in the fiber and polarization dependence of the measurement technique are also discussed     

具有高阶色散双抽运级联光纤参量放大器的增益

利用一组耦合方程,在理论上推导出了双抽运、三段光纤级联结构的参量放大器的增益表达式。研究表明在双抽运情况下,光纤参量放大器(FOPA)的增益随光纤长度、抽运光功率的增加而变大;同时,增益的大小和平坦性能也受到光纤色散特性的影响,从反常色散区到正常色散区,增益带宽逐渐变小,增益不平坦性有一定的改善;在二阶色散系数不变的情况下,光纤参量放大器增益带宽随四阶色散数的增加而减小。采用多段光纤级联结构,可以均衡光纤参量放大器增益的不平坦性。     

Wide-Band Generation of Picosecond Pulse Using Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier and Oscillator

We first demonstrate a wideband generation of picosecond pulse using fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA). High quality pulse is generated at 85 nm away from the pump with pulsewidth narrower than that of the pump. We then explore fiber optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) configuration which has the advantage of eliminating the need of seeding laser, leading to a potentially wider wavelength tunability and flexibility. The tuning range of the FOPO is from 1511 nm to 1541 nm and from 1583$~$nm to 1613 nm, which is as wide as 60 nm, with wavelength span of over 100 nm. Nearly-transform-limited sub-picosecond pulses are generated by this technique.      

基于光纤光参量放大的多通道全光非归零/归零码转换器

提出了一种基于光纤光参量放大器(FOPA)的多通道全光非归零码(NRZ)/归零码(RZ)调制格式转换的方案.该方案中,非归零码信号与同步的时钟抽运光共同注入到高非线性光纤(HNLF)中,由高非线性光纤构成的参量放大器把非归零码信号转换为归零码信号,同时不改变信号光的波长.多通道的码型转换器以两路10 Gb/s的非归零码进行了实验论证.转换后的归零码信号的信噪比(SNR)高于7.6 dB,其脉冲宽度约为30 ps,并且具有3dB的消光比(ER)提高.根据多通道码型转换器的实现原理,该码型转换器可以应用于40 Gb/s或更高比特率的多通道码型变换操作.     

Fiber-optic parametric amplifiers in the presence of polarization-mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss

Polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL) associated with various optical components affect the quality of pump beams even before they enter a fiber-optic parametric amplifier (FOPA). A vector theory of the underlying four-wave mixing process is developed to study the impact of PMD and PDL on the amplification of signal and idler fields. It is shown that the use of high-quality polarizers just before the input end of the fiber can improve the performance of a dual-pump parametric amplifier considerably.     

双抽运光参量放大的增益特性

在相同条件下(如抽运光功率、信号光功率等),与单抽运相比,双抽运光参量放大(OPA)的增益大,增益带宽宽.由于信号光的增益特性与参量增益系数直接相关,因此,在建立高非线性光纤(HNLF)光参量放大的理论模型的基础上,对相位匹配条件、参量增益以及信号光饱和增益的特性进行了分析讨论,采用有限差分法,对增益饱和的特性进行了模拟.结果表明,参量增益和光纤参数、输入抽运光以及信号光的波长、功率有关,而信号光的饱和增益和输入抽运功率有关.     

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.     

光纤参量放大技术及应用

光纤参量放大基于在技术上的优势,越来越引起研究人员的重视.文章介绍了光纤参量放大器的结构及近期的研究情况,概述了其在分立集总放大、波长透明转换、慢光的产生,归零码生成及光时分复用(OTDM)等方面的应用.     

Theoretical demonstration for signal gain in multiple four-wave mixing processes based on cubic susceptibility medium

An insight into the signal gain in multiple four-wave mixing (MFWM) processes based on a cubic susceptibility medium is theoretically proposed and demonstrated. A dual-pumped fiber optical parametric amplification (FOPA) model is developed with the exact expressions for the signal gain and its 3-dB bandwidth successfully yielded. With these analytical expressions, we show that when pump-1 and pump-2 wavelengths tuned at 1549 and 1551.02nm, the 3-dB bandwidth of the signal gain can be achieved at about 2253.4nm theoretically by properly setting the pumped powers. Numerical simulations show that there is a small pinnacle emerging in the signal gain spectrum owing to the degenerate OPA process occurring. The proposed OPA model can find potential applications in all-optical wavelength conversion, optical amplifier, and all-optical sampling.