Translation of Gbps Phase-Modulated Optical Signal From Near-Infrared to Visible Band

Author

Jiang, Rui ; Bres, Camille-Sophie ; Alic, Nikola ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

California Univ., San Diego

Volume

26

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

131

Lastpage

137

Abstract

Phase-coded optical signal was spectrally translated from the conventional near-infrared communication band to the visible band. Spectrally narrow 780-nm pump was combined with phase-modulated 1575-nm signal in a small core photonic crystal fiber (PCF), to generate 518-nm idler through parametric process. The phase-modulated idler carrying 1-Gbps information was received in an error-free manner. The onset of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) was found to be a major limitation for conversion efficiency and noise performance. The SBS effect and the birefringence properties of the small core PCF were studied at both 780 and 1550 nm and their impact on the parametric process was analyzed.

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; photonic crystals; stimulated Raman scattering; SBS; birefringence properties; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; near-infrared communication; optical parametric process; phase-coded optical signal translation; small-core photonic crystal fiber; stimulated Brillouin scattering; visible band communication; wavelength 1575 nm; wavelength 518 nm; wavelength 780 nm; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Photonic crystal fibers; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); parametric process; photonic crystal fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.912100

Filename

4451212