Title :
100GHz grid-aligned reconfigurable polarization insensitive black-box wavelength converter
Author :
Rancano, V.J.F. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A new scheme for a flexible modulation-, bit rate- independent, reconfigurable and polarization insensitive wavelength converter based on FWM in a highly nonlinear fiber is demonstrated and characterized with 10Gbaud 16 QAM signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 10Gbaud 16 QAM signals; FWM; bit rate-independent reconfigurable wavelength; flexible modulation; frequency 100 GHz; grid-aligned reconfigurable polarization; insensitive black-box wavelength converter; nonlinear fiber; polarization insensitive wavelength converter; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Filtering; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
