Automated Polarization-Insensitive C & L Band Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier for Bidirectional Long-Reach Access Networks

Vladimir Gordienko*, Chandra B. Gaur, Florent Bessin, Andrew D. Ellis, Nick J. Doran

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Abstract

We demonstrate a fully automated polarization-insensitive fiber optical parametric amplifier (PI-FOPA) self-adjusting its parameters to compensate for drifts in real-time. The automation algorithm adjusts the PI-FOPA parameters to set and maintain the target polarization independent gain for a selected channel. We employ this PI-FOPA in a long-reach access network scenario to simultaneously amplify WDM downstream in the C band and WDM upstream in the L band, whereas the downstream and the upstream are equivalent to 10x 100 Gbit/s polarization-division multiplexed QPSK signals and 10x bursty 10 Gbit/s on-off keying signals respectively. The PI-FOPA provides net gain >17dB across all channels and the total output signal power up to 24.6 dBm. This demonstration denotes the first ever simultaneous amplification of WDM signals by a PI-FOPA in C&L bands and on both sides of the PI-FOPA pump.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8353-8359
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume42
Issue number23
Early online date29 Jul 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2024

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2024, IEEE. This is an accepted manuscript of an article published in Journal of Lightwave Technology. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to any Accepted Manuscript version arising. (Corresponding author: Vladimir Gordienko.) The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2024.3434580

Keywords

  • Access networks
  • Gain
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Optical amplifiers
  • Optical attenuators
  • Optical fiber amplifiers
  • Optical fiber communications
  • Optical fibers
  • Optical parametric amplifiers
  • Optical polarization
  • Stimulated emission

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