• DocumentCode
    2786511
  • Title

    Wavelength exchange with enhanced extinction ratio in highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber

  • Author

    Fung, Rebecca W L ; Cheung, Henry K Y ; Kuo, Bill P P ; Wong, Kenneth K Y

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a simple approach to enhance the extinction ratio of wavelength exchange with a polarization-diversity technique. Over 25 dB of extinction ratio is attained with 6 dB improvement over that of the conventional configuration.
  • Keywords
    Clocks; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431268
  • Filename
    4431268