Polarization independent wavelength conversion using fiber four-wave mixing with two orthogonal pump lights of different frequencies

Author

Inoue, Kyo

Author_Institution

NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

12

Issue

11

fYear

1994

fDate

11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1916

Lastpage

1920

Abstract

This paper describes polarization independent wavelength conversion, utilizing fiber four-wave mixing. By using two orthogonal pump lights having different frequencies, the baseband signal of the wavelength converted light is insensitive to the polarization state of the original signal light. Experiments that include bit error measurements confirm the polarization independent operation

Keywords

measurement errors; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; baseband signal; bit error measurements; fiber four-wave mixing; orthogonal pump lights; polarization independent operation; polarization independent wavelength conversion; polarization state; wavelength converted light; Baseband; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.336054

Filename

336054