1. In-line one-pump parametric amplifier with independent polarization gain : a field-trial demonstration
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Marconi, Jorge Diego, 1968, Fugihara, Meire Cristina, Callegari, Fulvio Andres, 1965, Fragnito, Hugo Luis, 1950, and UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS
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Parametric amplifiers ,Amplificadores paramétricos ,Optical communications ,Polarization diversity technique ,Polarization dependent gain ,Four-wave mixing ,Comunicações óticas ,Artigo original ,Optical parametric amplifiers ,Ganho dependente de polarização ,Mistura de quatro ondas ,Nonlinear optical devices - Abstract
Agradecimentos: The Authors would like to thank CNPq and FAPESP (Brazilian agencies, processes 2005/5168-2, 2008/57857-2, 574017/2008) for their financial support Abstract: We present a one-pump parametric amplifier with polarization independent gain working as an in-line amplifier within an experimental field-trial optical network. The polarization independent gain is obtained by using a polarization diversity technique (PDT). Five signals modulated at 10 Gb/s were transmitted through the network, and a gain variation as low as 0.05 dB, independent of the signal polarization, was obtained. The bit-error-rate (BER) for the amplified signals was measured. For a BER of 109, a power penalty as low as 0.7 dB is shown. These measurements were compared with the identical ones obtained when the parametric amplifier with the PDT was replaced by an Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA) with the PDT presents a power penalty of 0.7 dB in relation to the value obtained with the EDFA. These results show that parametric amplifiers that use the PDT are able to reach a performance comparable to those obtained with the current technology of optical amplifiers based on rare earth doped fibers CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP Fechado
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- 2013