Wideband and tunable wavelength conversion of 10 Gbit/s RZ data sequences based on optical time-gating of supercontinuum source

Author

Sotobayashi, H. ; Chujo, W. ; Ozeki, T.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

386

Abstract

Summary form only given. Wavelength conversion will play a key roll in future wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks; it makes WDM networks flexible and prevents the blocking problems. Although several wavelength converters exist, problems such as critical operating conditions have prevented them from being widely deployed. In this paper, we propose another type of wavelength conversion with wide tuning range based on optical time-gating of supercontinuum (SC) light source.

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical pulse shaping; optical saturable absorption; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gbit/s RZ data sequences; WDM networks; blocking problems; critical operating conditions; optical time-gating; supercontinuum light; supercontinuum source; tunable wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; wide tuning range; wideband wavelength conversion; Chirp; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947950

Filename

947950