Phase and amplitude characteristics of a phase-sensitive amplifier operating in gain saturation
Journal article, 2012

We investigate a non-degenerate phase-sensitive amplifier (PSA) operating in gain saturation experimentally and numerically using the three-wave model. The phase-dependent gain and phase-to-phase transfer functions are obtained for different levels of saturation with good agreement between experimental and numerical data when higher-order FWM is small. Moreover, we identify an operating point where the PSA is found to be able to significantly reduce both phase-and amplitude noise simultaneously.

parametric-amplifier

dpsk signal regeneration

fibers

noise

amplification

Author

Carl Peter Lundström

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

William Corcoran

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Peter Andrekson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 20 19 21400-21412

Phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers (PSOPA)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/291618), 2012-03-01 -- 2017-02-28.

Subject Categories

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

DOI

10.1364/OE.20.021400

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10/7/2017