Title :
All-optical time domain 160 Gb/s ADD/DROP based on pump depletion and nonlinearities in a single PPLN waveguide
Author :
Bogoni, Antonella ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Fazal, Irfan ; Willner, Alan
Author_Institution :
CNIT, Pisa
Abstract :
All-optical time-domain 160 Gb/s add/drop scheme based on PPLN waveguide is demonstrated which exploits pump depletion in addition to sum and difference frequency generation. Less than 3.5 dB penalty on dropped, survived and added channels is obtained.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical pumping; optical waveguides; ADD/DROP; add/drop scheme; all-optical time domain; frequency generation; pump depletion; pump nonlinearity; single PPLN waveguide; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Ultrafast phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
