Distributed Measurement of Signal Power Evolution in a Phase Sensitive Parametric Amplifier

Alishahi, FatemehVedadi, ArmandSoto, Marcelo A.Denisov, AndreyMehrany, KhashayarThévenaz, LucBrès, Camille Sophie2014-03-262014-03-262014-03-26201410.1364/OFC.2014.Th1H.4https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/102222A method to measure the signal power evolution along phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers is proposed using Brillouin optical time-domain analysis. Different evolutions along the fiber are reported by varying input wave phases, including amplification and de-amplification.Distributed Measurement of Signal Power Evolution in a Phase Sensitive Parametric Amplifiertext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper