Demonstration of an All-Fiber Broadband Optical Parametric Amplifier at 1 µm

M.W. Lee (1) , T. Sylvestre (1) , M. Delqué (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (2) , Arnaud Mussot (2) , J.F. Gleyze (3) , A. Jolly (3) , H. Maillotte (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
3 CESTA - Centre d'études scientifiques et techniques d'Aquitaine

In this paper, an optical parametric amplifier and wavelength converter in an all-fiber optical configuration is experimentally demonstrated for photonic applications in the 1 μm band. This is achieved by using a microstructured fiber which provides anomalous dispersion at 1 μm and an LiNbO3 electro-optic intensity modulator specially designed at this operating wavelength for generating pump pulses. A gain of greater than 30 dB together with highly efficient wavelength conversion is obtained at 1053 nm. The gain bandwidth and gain-power efficiency are also investigated. Experimental results agree well with the theory of parametric amplification including Raman scattering.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

M.W. Lee, T. Sylvestre, M. Delqué, Alexandre Kudlinski, Arnaud Mussot, et al.. Demonstration of an All-Fiber Broadband Optical Parametric Amplifier at 1 µm. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2010, 28 (15), pp.2173 - 2178. ⟨10.1109/JLT.2010.2053195⟩. ⟨hal-00524508⟩