Temperature-independent fiber-based optical phase conjugation

Abstract

We have investigated the effect of temperature variation on the performance of fiber-based optical phase conjugation (OPC) module. The results show that the bandwidth of the fiber-based OPC module could be reduced significantly by temperature variation. However, it would be difficult to control the temperature of bulky fiber spool precisely. To solve this problem, we have proposed and demonstrated a simple method to compensate the bandwidth reduction (caused by temperature variation) by adjusting the pump power. Using this method, we could, maintain the 1-dB bandwidth of fiber-based OPC module within 5% even when the ambient temperature was varied as much as +/- 15 degrees C.