Title :
Polarization-insensitive wavelength multicasting of RZ-DPSK signal based on four-wave mixing in a photonic crystal fiber with residual birefringence
Author :
Dai, Yongheng ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate polarization-insensitive wavelength multicasting of RZ-DPSK signal. The input signal is copied to four different wavelengths using four-wave mixing with unequally spaced pumps in a dispersion-flattened, highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with residual birefringence.
Keywords :
birefringence; differential phase shift keying; holey fibres; optical fibre networks; photonic crystals; wavelength division multiplexing; RZ-DPSK signal; dispersion flattened photonic crystal fiber; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; polarization insensitive wavelength multicasting; residual birefringence; Birefringence; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Phase modulation; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
