All-optical multi-wavelength extinction ratio enhancement via pump-modulated four-wave mixing

Author

Cheng, Alan ; Shu, Chester ; Fok, Mable P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate extinction ratio enhancement of 10-Gb/s signals at two different wavelengths using pump-modulated four-wave mixing in a 64-m highly nonlinear, dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber. The receiver sensitivities have been improved by over 2.5 dB.

Keywords

holey fibres; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical receivers; optical repeaters; photonic crystals; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber; distance 64 m; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; multiwavelength extinction ratio enhancement; pump modulation; receiver sensitivity; Degradation; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Pulse modulation; Repeaters; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (200.6015) Signal regeneration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

5032328