Perspectives of long-haul WDM transmission systems based on phase-insensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifiers

Mahmoud Jazayerifar (1) , Isaac Sackey (1) , Robert Elschner (2) , Francesco da Ros (3, 2) , Thomas Richter (2) , Christian Meuer (2) , Christophe Peucheret (4) , Colja Schubert (2) , Klaus Petermann (1)

1 TU - Technische Universität Berlin
2 Fraunhofer HHI - Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications - Heinrich Hertz Institute
3 DTU Fotonik - Department of Photonics Engineering
4 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

The deployment of phase-insensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifiers (PI-FOPAs) as inline amplifiers in long-haul WDM transmission systems is discussed, and it is outlined how to design PI-FOPAs to be a valuable upgrade option for this application.

Keywords: long-haul optical transmission; nonlinear fiber optics; optical parametric amplifier; polarization insensitive

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Optics / Photonic

Mahmoud Jazayerifar, Isaac Sackey, Robert Elschner, Francesco da Ros, Thomas Richter, et al.. Perspectives of long-haul WDM transmission systems based on phase-insensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifiers. IEEE Photonics Society 2015 Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM 2015), IEEE Photonics Society, Jul 2015, Nassau, Bahamas. ⟨10.1109/PHOSST.2015.7248272⟩. ⟨hal-01241027⟩