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Phase matched parametric amplification via four-wave mixing in optical microfibers

Phase matched parametric amplification via four-wave mixing in optical microfibers
Phase matched parametric amplification via four-wave mixing in optical microfibers
Four-wave mixing (FWM) based parametric amplification in optical microfibers (OMF) is demonstrated over a wavelength range of over 1000 nm by exploiting their tailorable dispersion characteristics to achieve phase matching. Simulations indicate that for any set of wavelengths satisfying the FWM energy conservation condition there are two diameters at which phase matching in the fundamental mode can occur. Experiments with a high-power pulsed source working in conjunction with a periodically poled silica fiber (PPSF), producing both fundamental and second harmonic signals, are undertaken to investigate the possibility of FWM parametric amplification in OMFs. Large increases of idler output power at the third harmonic wavelength were recorded for diameters close to the two phase matching diameters. A total amplification of more than 25 dB from the initial signal was observed in a 6 mm long optical microfiber, after accounting for the thermal drift of the PPSF and other losses in the system.
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Abdul Khudus, Muhammad
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De Lucia, Francesco
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Abdul Khudus, Muhammad, De Lucia, Francesco, Corbari, Costantino, Lee, Timothy, Horak, Peter, Sazio, Pier and Brambilla, Gilberto (2016) Phase matched parametric amplification via four-wave mixing in optical microfibers. Optics Letters, 41 (4), 761-764. (doi:10.1364/OL.41.000761).

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Four-wave mixing (FWM) based parametric amplification in optical microfibers (OMF) is demonstrated over a wavelength range of over 1000 nm by exploiting their tailorable dispersion characteristics to achieve phase matching. Simulations indicate that for any set of wavelengths satisfying the FWM energy conservation condition there are two diameters at which phase matching in the fundamental mode can occur. Experiments with a high-power pulsed source working in conjunction with a periodically poled silica fiber (PPSF), producing both fundamental and second harmonic signals, are undertaken to investigate the possibility of FWM parametric amplification in OMFs. Large increases of idler output power at the third harmonic wavelength were recorded for diameters close to the two phase matching diameters. A total amplification of more than 25 dB from the initial signal was observed in a 6 mm long optical microfiber, after accounting for the thermal drift of the PPSF and other losses in the system.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 January 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 January 2016
Published date: 5 February 2016
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 385792
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385792
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 254da29c-bdf4-48f4-af51-4fc32368156d
ORCID for Timothy Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578
ORCID for Peter Horak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-8764
ORCID for Pier Sazio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-9266
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Author: Muhammad Abdul Khudus
Author: Francesco De Lucia
Author: Costantino Corbari
Author: Timothy Lee ORCID iD
Author: Peter Horak ORCID iD
Author: Pier Sazio ORCID iD

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