title: 20 THz-bandwidth continuous-wave fiber optical parametric amplifier operating at 1 µm using a dispersion-stabilized photonic crystal fiber.
abstract: We report the experimental demonstration of a continuous-wave all-fiber optical parametric amplifier in the 1 µm band with a record bandwidth of more than 20 THz and a peak gain of almost 40 dB. This is achieved by using a photonic crystal fiber with a high figure of merit and strongly reduced longitudinal dispersion fluctuations. Due to their unique bandwidth and gain characteristics, fiber parametric amplifiers at 1 µm provide an interesting alternative to solid-state or ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers for ultrafast optical pulse and signal processing.
authors.affiliation: CNRS - Université Lille 1, PhLAM/IRCICA USR 3380/UMR 8523, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. mussot@phlam.univ-lille1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mussot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudlinski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Habert
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dahman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mélin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galkovsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fleureau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lempereur
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bigourd
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sylvestre
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hugonnot
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D003460:Crystallization; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers; D017785:Photons; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055053:Terahertz Radiation