• DocumentCode
    2722725
  • Title

    Performance evaluation and experimental demonstration of optical frequency converter based on optical SSB modulator and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

  • Author

    Nakatsuma, Kohta ; Shimada, Hiroki ; Iwashita, Katsushi

  • Author_Institution
    Kochi Univ. of Technol., Kochi
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Bandwidth narrowing and its compensation of optical frequency converter using optical SSB modulators and Mach-Zehnder interferometers has been investigated. The optical frequency up-conversion and down-conversion of this 2-stage converter are also demonstrated experimentally.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bandwidth narrowing; optical frequency converter; optical frequency down-conversion; optical frequency up-conversion; optical single-side-band modulator; optical switching; Amplitude modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical frequency conversion; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical saturation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-85825-807-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610398
  • Filename
    4610398