Fibre Optical Parametric Amplifiers for Communications

Vladimir Gordienko, Chandra Gaur, Florent Bessin, Filipe M. Ferreira, Nick Doran

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Abstract

We present our recent achievements with polarisation-insensitive fibre optical parametric amplifiers (PI-FOPAs) for optical communications. We have demonstrated a robust fully automated (black-box) PI-FOPA operation in the C and L bands simultaneously with gain of ~20 dB and output power over 23 dBm when amplifying polarisation-multiplexed WDM QAM signals and a bursty traffic. Additionally, we have demonstrated a PI-FOPA to amplify WDM signals in the S band and across a continuous bandwidth of 40 nm. Finally, we have demonstrated a power budget improvement of a transient-sensitive link by up to 8 dB when employing a PI-FOPA with noise figure of ~6 dB as a drop-in replacement of an EDFA.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
EditorsMarek Jaworski, Marian Marciniak
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-0303-2
ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-0304-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2023
Event23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2023) - Central Library of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Duration: 2 Jul 20236 Jul 2023
https://icton2023.upb.ro

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Volume2023-July
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7339

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2023)
Abbreviated titleICTON 2023
Country/TerritoryRomania
CityBucharest
Period2/07/236/07/23
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Funding: The work was funded by UK EPSRC projects EP/R024057/1, EP/M005283/1, EP/S003436/1, EP/S016171/1 and the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship under Grant MR/T041218/1.
Copyright ©2023 IEEE

Keywords

  • access networks
  • fibre optic parametric amplifiers
  • optical communications
  • polarisation

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