DocumentCode
452188
Title
Holey Fiber Based Tuneable WDM Wavelength Converter Using Cross-Phase Modulation and Filtering
Author
Lee, Ju Han ; Yusoff, Zulfadzli ; Belardi, Walter ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Thomsen, Benn ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a tuneable WDM wavelength converter based on XPM and optical filtering in just 6 m of highly nonlinear holey fiber. Broadband 10 Gbit/s wavelength conversion (~20 nm) with a constant converted pulsewidth was readily achieved due to the reduced walk-off effects
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical filters; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM; broadband wavelength conversion; cross-phase modulation; holey fiber; nonlinear fiber; optical filtering; reduced walk-off effects; tuneable wavelength converter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1600978
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