Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1541674 | Optics Communications | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report on the amplification of 12 × 10 Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexed signals by a double-pumped fiber optic parametric amplifier (2P-FOPA). A gain of 10 dB is obtained using a 4.3 km-long conventional dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) as nonlinear medium. Our spectra show negligible generation of spurious FWM products, and we attribute this to the small variations of the zero-dispersion wavelength of the DSF. The 2P-FOPA performance is assessed through Q-factor measurements, and we show that for output powers per channel ranging from −15 to 3 dBm the power penalty is less than 0.5 dB.
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Authors
J.M. Chavez Boggio, E.A.M. Fagotto, M.E. Marhic, F.A. Callegari, H.L. Fragnito,