@inproceedings{discovery10193433, month = {March}, year = {2024}, journal = {2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2024 - Proceedings}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, pages = {1--3}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2024}, title = {Demonstration of a stable, high-performance Mach-Zehnder Polarization-Insensitive Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifier}, author = {Bessin, F and Gordienko, V and Ferreira, FM and Doran, NJ}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2024.m1b.1}, abstract = {We demonstrate a Mach-Zehnder architecture for polarization-insensitive fiber optical parametric amplifiers to obtain a noise figure of {$\sim$}4.5dB and reduction of nonlinear crosstalk as compared to previously demonstrated PI-FOPAs while demonstrating net gain up to 24dB.} }