COHERENT PICOSECOND PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION THROUGH A KERR-INDUCED INDEX GRATING IN A SINGLE-MODE FIBER

Authors
GINDRE D MAILLOTTE H MONNERET J LANTZ E FROEHLY C
Citation
D. Gindre et al., COHERENT PICOSECOND PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION THROUGH A KERR-INDUCED INDEX GRATING IN A SINGLE-MODE FIBER, Optics communications, 112(1-2), 1994, pp. 75-79
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
112
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
75 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)112:1-2<75:CPPATA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Picosecond parametric amplification in a single-mode fiber is experien ced and explained by means of phase modulation through a Kerr-induced refractive index grating in the material. In the visible range (strong group-velocity dispersion), the experimental gain is 17 dB.