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.
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
