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

doi:10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Citations (SciVal)

41 Downloads (Pure)

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	8353-8359
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	42
Issue number	23
Early online date	29 Jul 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580
Publication status	Published - 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

Funding

This work was supported by U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under Grants EP/R024057/1 (FPA-ROCS) and EP/S016171/1 (EEMC).

Funders	Funder number
IMPAC
EPSRC
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/R024057/1
EEMC	EP/X031918/1
FPA-ROCS	EP/S016171/1

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

Access to Document

10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580

Automated PI-FOPA_Gordienko_2024
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
Accepted author manuscript, 2.78 MBLicence: CC BY 4.0

Cite this

@article{10c85a9b355d4d1cb3bdcc27c072362a,

title = "Automated Polarization-Insensitive C \& L Band Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier for Bidirectional Long-Reach Access Networks",

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.",

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",

author = "Vladimir Gordienko and Gaur, \{Chandra B.\} and Florent Bessin and Ellis, \{Andrew D.\} and Doran, \{Nick J.\}",

note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 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",

year = "2024",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580",

language = "English",

volume = "42",

pages = "8353--8359",

journal = "Journal of Lightwave Technology",

issn = "0733-8724",

publisher = "IEEE",

number = "23",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Automated Polarization-Insensitive C & L Band Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier for Bidirectional Long-Reach Access Networks

AU - Gordienko, Vladimir

AU - Gaur, Chandra B.

AU - Bessin, Florent

AU - Ellis, Andrew D.

AU - Doran, Nick J.

N1 - 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

PY - 2024/12/1

Y1 - 2024/12/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Access networks

KW - Gain

KW - Nonlinear optics

KW - Optical amplifiers

KW - Optical attenuators

KW - Optical fiber amplifiers

KW - Optical fiber communications

KW - Optical fibers

KW - Optical parametric amplifiers

KW - Optical polarization

KW - Stimulated emission

UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10612812/

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85200250726

U2 - 10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580

DO - 10.1109/jlt.2024.3434580

M3 - Article

SN - 0733-8724

VL - 42

SP - 8353

EP - 8359

JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology

JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology

IS - 23

ER -

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

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this