Title :
Quality enhancement of a WDM signal using dispersion-imbalanced, loop mirror
Author :
Chai, Y.J. ; Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
The nonlinear filtering of a 10 Gb/s data stream in a dispersion-imbalanced fibre loop mirror has been demonstrated over a wide spectral range of 28 nm. A relative extinction ratio of 30 dB for the cw background has been achieved across the whole spectral range.
Keywords :
mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s data stream; WDM signal; cw background; dispersion imbalanced loop mirror; dispersion-imbalanced fibre loop mirror; nonlinear filtering; quality enhancement; relative extinction ratio; whole spectral range; wide spectral range; Band pass filters; Chirp modulation; Extinction ratio; Filtering; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
