Title :
24 channels×10 GHz spectrally sliced pulse source based on spectral broadening in a highly nonlinear holey fiber
Author :
Yusoff, Z. ; Teh, P. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Furusawa, K. ; Belardi, W. ; Monro, T. ; Richardson, D.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a multiwavelength pulse source which utilizes supercontinuum generated in a normally dispersive holey fiber and spectral slicing in an arrayed waveguide grating. All channels exhibit almost constant pulse width and excellent noise properties, as verified by bit-error-rate measurements.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; error statistics; micro-optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse generation; spectral line broadening; telecommunication channels; 10 GHz; arrayed waveguide grating; bit-error-rate measurements; constant pulse width; multiwavelength pulse source; noise properties; nonlinear dispersive holey fiber; spectral broadening; spectrally sliced pulse source; supercontinuum generation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248499
