Title :
Highly nonlinear fiber with reduced dispersion slope and efficient wavelength conversion with sub-ps walk-off
Author :
Hirano, Masahiro ; Nakanishi, Tetsuya ; Sasaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
HNLF with dispersion slope of +0.010ps/nm2/km was fabricated. FWM-based wavelength conversion in new HNLF exhibited 8dB higher efficiency than that in conventional HNLF in the same walk-off between C-band signals and L-band pump.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical wavelength conversion; C-band signals; FWM-based wavelength conversion; L-band pump; dispersion slope; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear fiber; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528383
