Title :
Simultaneous two-channel wavelength conversion of 40-Gbit/s DPSK WDM signals without additional pumps
Author :
Wu, Xiaoxia ; Huang, Hao ; Wang, Jian ; Wang, Xue ; Yilmaz, Omer F. ; Nuccio, Scott R. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. - Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate simultaneous two-channel wavelength conversion of 40-Gbit/s RZ-DPSK WDM signals using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) without additional pumps. A power penalty of <1 dB is observed as channel spacing varies from 200 GHz to 1 THz.
Keywords :
Band pass filters; Channel spacing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
