Noise Figure Evaluation of Polarization-insensitive Single-pump Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers

作者：Vladimir Gordienko, Filipe Ferreira, Charles Laperle, Maurice O’Sullivan, Chandra B. Gaur, Kim Roberts, N.J. Doran · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1364/ofc.2020.w4b.4 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Optical Network Technologies、Advanced Photonic Communication Systems、Advanced Optical Network Technologies

Several polarization-insensitive configurations for single-pump phase-insensitive fiber optical parametric amplifier are experimentally evaluated using 35GBaud PDM-QPSK signals. An equivalent noise figure of 9.1±1dB is experimentally derived by comparison with a variable noise figure EDFA.