FEMTO-ST-Franche Comté Electronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies
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Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers
Research Project
Parametric amplification in optical fibers has been initially studied in the 80's and then largely abandoned as a research field due to technological limitations. It is until recently that major breakthroughs, including the development of highly nonlinear fibers and efficient Brillouin suppression techniques, have brought parametric amplification back on the research scene and positioned it as a leading technology for future all-optical ultrafast signal processing. In addition to providing broadband and high gain in many spectral bands, fiber optical parametric amplifiers (FOPAs) exhibit low noise figures, equivalent to those of conventional optical fiber amplifiers (e.g., EDFAs, Raman amplifiers) or even better when they operate in a phase-sensitive configuration. They additionally offer the possibilities to achieve wavelength band conversion and, as recently demonstrated, many other applications such as ultrafast all-optical signal sampling, limiting buffering, high-repetition-rate pulse train generation, or time-division multiplexing.
Despite these advances, it is significant that FOPA suffers from their complex and costly pumping scheme compared to conventional fiber amplifiers. This research project aimed at demonstrating new solutions for the main limitations caused by pump phase modulation and amplifier noise for fully transparent fiber optical parametric devices.
Persons involved
T. Sylvestre (CR, 30%), H. Maillotte (DR, 25%), E. Lantz (PR, 25%), A. Vedadi (DOC, 90%), A. Mussot (DOC, 80%), L. Provino (DOC, 50%).
Collaborations
Contrat Alcatel UTP 6.02. Région de Franche-Comté, fonds propres FEMTO-ST
COST Européen FIDES. Contrat CEA/CESTA.
Selected Papers
- "Fiber optical parametric amplifier based on a novel LiNbO3 synchronized double phase modulator", In OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007, art. no. 4348927
- "Zero-dispersion wavelength mapping in short single-mode optical fibers using parametric amplification," A. Mussot, E. Lantz, A. Durécu-Legrand, C. Simonneau, D. Bayart, T. Sylvestre, and H. Maillotte, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 18, No. 1, pp-22-24, (2006)
- "Impact of pump phase modulation on the gain of fiber optical parametric amplifiers," A. Mussot, A. Legrand, E. Lantz, H. Maillotte, C. Simonneau, D. Bayart, and T. Sylvestre, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, N°5, 1289-1291 (May 2004).
- “Impact of pump OSNR on noise figure for fiber optical parametric amplifiers,” A. Durécu-Legrand, C. Simmoneau, D. Bayart, A. Mussot, T. Sylvestre, E. Lantz, and H. Maillotte, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Vol. 17, N°6, 1178-1180, (June 2005).
- “Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis of Fiber Optic Parametric Amplifiers,” A. Vedadi, D. Alasia, E. Lantz, H. Maillotte, L. Thévenaz, M. González-Herráez, and T. Sylvestre, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Volume: 19, Issue: 3, 179-181 (February 2007).
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