Title :
Widely tunable wavelength conversion with extinction ratio enhancement using PCF based NOLM
Author :
Kwok, C.H. ; Lee, S.H. ; Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
Widely tunable wavelength conversion has been demonstrated using a 64-m-long dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber in a nonlinear optical loop mirror. The output extinction ratio can be maintained above 13-dB over 60-nm.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; 64 m; NOLM; PCF; dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber; extinction ratio; nonlinear optical loop mirror; tunable wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
