Title :
Wavelength Multicasting of ASK-DPSK Signal Using Four-Wave Mixing in a 32-cm Highly Nonlinear Bismuth Oxide Fiber
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate ASK-DPSK wavelength multicasting using four-wave mixing in a 32-cm bismuth oxide fiber. Six multicast channels each operating at 20 Gb/s are obtained at a 200 GHz spacing with a power penalty less than 3 dB.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; bismuth compounds; differential phase shift keying; multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical materials; telecommunication channels; ASK-DPSK signal; ASK-DPSK wavelength multicasting; Bi2O3; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber; multicast channels; Amplitude modulation; Bismuth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation;
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.2008.4528417
