Investigation of gain ripple in two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers

Armand Vedadi (1) , Michel E. Marhic (1) , Eric Lantz (2) , Hervé Maillotte (2) , Thibaut Sylvestre (2)

1 Swansea Universite - Inst Adv Telecommun
2 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

By using the four-sideband theory, we analyze the gain spectrum in wideband two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers and predict gain ripples over the flat gain region. We derive an approximation of their pseudo-periods and discuss methods for reducing their amplitudes

Mots clés: PHASE; WAVES; PUMPS

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Armand Vedadi, Michel E. Marhic, Eric Lantz, Hervé Maillotte, Thibaut Sylvestre. Investigation of gain ripple in two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers. Optics Letters, 2008, 33 (19), pp.2203-2205. ⟨hal-00362432⟩