Title :
All-optical signal regeneration based on pump-modulated four-wave mixing in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon ; Bjarklev, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
All-optical signal regeneration has been demonstrated based on four-wave mixing in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber. The output extinction-ratio is improved and a negative power penalty is obtained in a 10 Gb/s BER measurement.
Keywords :
error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical repeaters; photonic crystals; 10 Gbit/s; BER measurement; extinction-ratio; four-wave mixing; nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; optical signal regeneration; pump-modulation; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Filters; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549259
