Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion using cavity dumped fibre laser with nonlinear optical loop mirror
Author :
Lee, H.K. ; Kim, Ki Hyun ; Jeon, M.-Y. ; Ahn, J.T. ; Lee, E.-H.
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejeon
fDate :
4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate a novel method of an all-optical wavelength conversion scheme by using a cavity dumped fibre laser with a nonlinear optical loop mirror. The measured on-off contrast ratio of the wavelength converted signal is much better than that of the input data signals, which may be very useful in practical high speed WDM communication systems
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; mirrors; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; all-optical wavelength conversion; cavity dumped fibre laser; high speed WDM communication systems; input data signals; nonlinear optical loop mirror; on-off contrast ratio;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970463
