Optical level equalisation based on gain saturationin fibre opticalparametric amplifier

Abstract

Optical level equalisation operation based on gain saturation in an optical fibre parametric amplifier is reported. The signal output has been measured as a function of the signal input in a fibre parametric amplifier, with the result that the signal gain saturates as the input power increases and the output power reached a maximum value at a particular input level. Utilising this gain saturation property, optical level equalisation has been demonstrated.