Noise in Orthogonally Pumped Fiber-Optical Parametric Amplifiers
Journal article, 2007

The noise figure (NF) of a fiber-optical parametric amplifier, driven by pumps with orthogonal polarizations, is quantified experimentally. It is shown that this amplifier has a signal- polarization -dependent gain, with a corresponding polarization-dependent NF. The polarization dependence of the NF is particularly large when higher input-signal powers are amplified, in which case pump-induced noise dominates. At lower input-signal powers, the NF is less dependent on the input polarization, but increases closer to the lower-frequency pump.

Author

Per Kylemark

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

J. Ren

University of California

S. Radic

University of California

Colin McKinstrie

Nokia

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Peter Andrekson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

1041-1135 (ISSN) 19410174 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 2 88-90

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.889033

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