Title :
Performance of parametric wavelength exchange for narrow pulse width return-to-zero signal
Author :
Shen, Mengzhe ; Xu, Xing ; Cheung, Kim K Y ; Yuk, T.I. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate the parametric wavelength exchange for 10-Gb/s RZ and NRZ signals. The narrow pulse width of the exchanged RZ signal indicates that CW or quasi-CW pumps are capable of handling with ultrahigh-speed signal processing.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; NRZ signal exchange; RZ signal exchange; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; continuous-wave pumps; four-wave mixing; narrow pulse width return-to-zero signal; parametric wavelength exchange; quasicontinuous-wave pumps; ultrahigh-speed signal processing; ultrahigh-speed wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal processing; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
