Title :
Wavelength shifting of a 21.4-Gbaud 16-QAM signal using highly nonlinear silica fiber
Author :
Jopson, R.M. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Myslivets, Eugene ; Kuo, Bill P P ; Dinu, M. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Longitudinal stress reduces the stimulated-Brillouin-scattering threshold in a silica-fiber parametric amplifier, allowing ditherless pumping. This enables phase conjugation of a 21.4-Gbaud 16-QAM signal with less than 0.6-dB penalty.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; quadrature amplitude modulation; silicon compounds; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 16-QAM signal; SiO2; ditherless pumping; highly nonlinear silica fiber parametric amplifier; longitudinal stress; phase conjugation; stimulated-Brillouin-scattering threshold; wavelength shifting; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
