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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431268
