Title :
Quasi-lossless optical links for broad-band transmission and data processing
Author :
Ellingham, Tim J. ; Ania-Castanon, Juan Diego ; Ibbotson, R. ; Chen, X. ; Zhang, L. ; Turitsyn, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group in the Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We present the first experimental implementation of a recently designed quasi-lossless fiber span with strongly reduced signal power excursion. The resulting fiber waveguide medium can be advantageously used both in lightwave communications and in all-optical nonlinear data processing.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical information processing; all-optical nonlinear data processing; broadband transmission; data processing; fiber waveguide medium; lightwave communications; quasilosses fiber span; quasilosses optical links; signal power excursion; Data processing; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Distributed amplifiers; optical communication; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber losses; optical propagation in nonlinear media;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.862001
