Broad-band mid-span spectral inversion without wavelength shift of 1.7-ps optical pulses using a highly nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer

Author

Han Chuen Lim ; Fumio Futami ; Taira, K. ; Kikuchi, K.

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1405

Lastpage

1407

Abstract

We demonstrate broad-band mid-span spectral inversion without wavelength shift of short optical pulses using a highly nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer. The 1.55-μm optical pulses with a 1.7-ps pulsewidth are transmitted over 40 km of standard fiber, showing the suitability of this technique for broad-bandwidth second-order dispersion compensation in high-bit-rate optical fiber transmission systems.

Keywords

compensation; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical phase conjugation; 1.55 mum; 1.7 ps; broad-band mid-span spectral inversion; broad-bandwidth second-order dispersion compensation; high-bit-rate optical fiber transmission systems; highly nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer; optical pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.803060

Filename

803060