Design and performance evaluation of an OPC device using a dual-pump polarization-independent FOPA

Isaac Sackey (1, 2) , Francesco da Ros (1, 3) , Thomas Richter (1) , Robert Elschner (1) , Mahmoud Jazayerifar (2) , Christian Meuer (1, 2) , Christophe Peucheret (4) , Klaus Petermann (2) , Colja Schubert (1)

1 Fraunhofer HHI - Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications - Heinrich Hertz Institute
2 Institut für Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien
3 Department of Photonics Engineering [Lyngby]
4 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

The performance of a polarization-independent fiber-based optical parametric amplifier is experimentally investigated in terms of amplification and wavelength conversion for optical phase conjugation applications using 5×28-GBd PDM 16-QAM signals. Good conjugated signal quality up to 13-dB gain is obtained.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Isaac Sackey, Francesco da Ros, Thomas Richter, Robert Elschner, Mahmoud Jazayerifar, et al.. Design and performance evaluation of an OPC device using a dual-pump polarization-independent FOPA. 40th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), Sep 2014, Cannes, France. paper Tu.1.4.4, ⟨10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963845⟩. ⟨hal-01069392⟩