All optical wavelength converter-reshaper based on multi-wavelengths spectral components generation in optical fibre

Author

Curti, Franco ; Matera, Francesco ; Tosi-Beleffi, Giorgio Maria

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Roma, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

66

Abstract

We demonstrate the possibility of an all-optical device suitable for wavelength routing, through BER measurements and power transfer functions, based on multi-wavelength generation in dispersion shifted optical fibre due to the Kerr nonlinearity. The main characteristics of such a device are the large number of generated spectral components that permit one to cover the ITU-grid and the reshaper behaviour observed in the converted signals.

Keywords

error statistics; nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical wavelength conversion; spectral analysis; telecommunication network routing; transfer functions; BER measurements; ITU-grid; Kerr nonlinearity; all optical wavelength converter-reshaper; dispersion shifted optical fibre; multi-wavelengths spectral components generation; optical fibre networks; power transfer functions; reshaper behaviour; wavelength routing; Bit error rate; Distributed power generation; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Power generation; Power measurement; Transfer functions; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7375-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009511

Filename

1009511