two-pump parametric amplifier, assisted by pump-pump self seeding. A single 320-Gb/s
channel was successfully multicast to eight wavelengths with minimal conversion efficiency
of-1 dB and less than 5-dB gain ripple. Self seeding was achieved by efficient spectral
management and optimization of multiple-pump phase. The Q-factor penalty induced by the
self-seeding process was found to be less than 1 dB compared to the single-pump …