Title :
Wavelength demultiplexer based on a continuous-wave bismuth-oxide fiber optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Vedadi, A. ; Jamshidifar, M. ; Marhic, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Adv. Telecommun., Swansea Univ., Swansea
Abstract :
We used the sub-nanometer bandwidth of a bismuth-oxide fiber OPA for demultiplexing 10 Gb/s channels 100 GHz apart with penalty <2 dB. We obtained -20 dB of crosstalk, with 2.5 W of CW pump power.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; demultiplexing equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; CW pump power; continuous-wave bismuth-oxide fiber optical parametric amplifier; crosstalk; sub-nanometer bandwidth; wavelength demultiplexer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Birefringence; Brillouin scattering; Demultiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729558
