Abstract
We demonstrate a polarization-insensitive single-pumped optical-parametric-amplifier by depolarizing the pump using a polarization controller followed by a piece of polarization-maintaining fiber with ~ 100-ps DGD. The polarization-dependent-gain is reduced from 8 dB to <1 dB.
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