Title :
S/C/L-band wavelength conversion by cross-polarization modulation in a dispersion-flattened nonlinear photonic-crystal fiber
Author :
Kwok, C.H. ; Chow, C.W. ; Tsang, H.K. ; Lin, Chinlon ; Bjarklev, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
Abstract :
We study the conversion bandwidth of cross-polarization-modulation based wavelength conversion scheme. Both numerical and experimental results show that the conversion bandwidth can be extended to cover S-, C- and L-band for 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero signals
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; 1 to 8 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; C-band; L-band; S-band; cross-polarization modulation; dispersion flattening; nonlinear fiber; nonreturn-to-zero signals; optical communication networks; photonic-crystal fiber; wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; L-band; Lighting control; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215680
