DocumentCode
421148
Title
Wavelength conversion characteristics of highly efficient fiber optic four-wave mixer for 160 GHz picosecond pulse train
Author
Igarashi, K. ; Tobioka, H. ; Takasaka, S. ; Miyabe, R. ; Hiroishi, J. ; Yagi, T. ; Aso, O. ; Namiki, S.
Author_Institution
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Firstpage
361
Abstract
We investigated wavelength conversion characteristics of 160 GHz pulse train in a wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing using highly nonlinear fiber. We observed modulation instability causes OSNR to degrade while conversion efficiency rapidly increases.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical wavelength conversion; 160 GHz; OSNR; fiber optic four-wave mixer; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear fiber; modulation instability; picosecond pulse train; wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1359285
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