92% pump depletion in a continuous-wave one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier

Opt Lett. 2001 May 1;26(9):620-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.26.000620.

Abstract

Theory shows that near-complete pump depletion can be obtained in uniform fiber-optic parametric amplifiers (OPA's) for a particular phase-matching condition. We have demonstrated 92% pump depletion in a cw fiber OPA, with a 200-mW pump at 1560 nm in an 11-km-long dispersion-shifted fiber.