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Phase sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre

Mohamed A.Ettabib, Liam Jones, Joseph Kakande, Radan Slavík, Francesca Parmigiani, Xian Feng, Francesco Poletti, Giorgio M.Ponzo, Jindan Shi, Marco N.Petrovich, Periklis Petropoulos, Wei H.Loh and David J.Richardson

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre. A phase-sensitive gain swing of 6dB was observed in a 1.56m sample of the fibre for a total launched power of 33dBm.


European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) Geneva, Switzerland 18-22 Sept (2011)

 

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