System Performances of Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers

Author: Sylvestre Thibaut   Mussot Arnaud   Vedadi Armand   Provino Laurent   Lantz Eric   Maillotte Herve  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 1096-4681

Source: Fiber And Integrated Optics, Vol.27, Iss.6, 2008-11, pp. : 516-531

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Abstract

The research field of fiber optical parametric amplifiers has steadily expanded over the last two decades as a host of all-optical signal processing techniques have been demonstrated in nonlinear optical fibers such as wavelength conversion, optical regeneration, optical switching, limiting, buffering, and sampling. This article reviews the system performances of theses parametric devices such as gain bandwidth, focuses on the main limitations and demonstrates efficient techniques for suppressing them.