Title :
Performance Investigation of Tunable Optical Delay for ASK and DPSK Signals Using Four-Wave Mixing Wavelength Conversion in a Bismuth Oxide Highly Nonlinear Fiber
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A compact fiber-optic approach is demonstrated for an optically controlled variable delay for 10-Gb/s ASK and DPSK signals using four-wave mixing and group velocity dispersion. The measured power penalty is less than 4 dB.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; multiwave mixing; optical delay lines; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; ASK signal; DPSK signal; bismuth oxide highly nonlinear fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing wavelength conversion; group velocity dispersion; optically controlled variable delay; power penalty; tunable optical delay; Amplitude shift keying; Bismuth; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical control; Optical mixing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Velocity control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348449
