Title :
80-Gb/s regenerative wavelength conversion using a hybrid Raman/EDFA gain-enhanced XPM converter with highly-nonlinear-fiber
Author :
Wang, W. ; Poulsen, H. ; Rau, L. ; Blumenthal, D. ; Chou, H. ; Bowers, J. ; Lars, G.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Regenerative wavelength conversion at 80 Gbps with a negative power penalty of 2dB at 10-9 BER is demonstrated using cross phase modulation (XPM) enhanced by Raman gain in 1Km of highly-nonlinear-dispersion-shifted fiber.
Keywords :
erbium; error statistics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical wavelength conversion; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 km; 2 dB; 80 Gbit/s; BER; EDFA gain-enhanced XPM converter; cross phase modulation; hybrid Raman gain-enhanced XPM converter; nonlinear dispersion shifted fiber; power penalty; regenerative wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength converters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247595
