Title :
1-to-40 10-Gb/s Channel Multicasting and Amplification in Wideband Parametric Amplifier
Author :
Brès, Camille-Sophie ; Boggio, Jose M Chavez ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Abstract :
All-optical 1-to-40 multicasting of 10-Gb/s intensity modulated nonreturn-to-zero data is experimentally demonstrated in an architecture based on a one-pump modulated wideband parametric optical amplifier. The unique combination encompassing a wideband multicasting function and a gain function resulted in less than 0.5-dB power penalty and a minimum of 11.5-dB conversion efficiency with less than 1.35 dB of gain ripple.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; intensity modulation; multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; wideband amplifiers; WDM networks; all-optical channel multicasting; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; channel amplification; conversion efficiency; fiber-optic parametric amplifier; four-photon mixing; gain function; gain ripple; intensity modulated nonreturn-to-zero data; one-pump modulated wideband parametric optical amplifier; power penalty; wideband multicasting function; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Four-photon mixing; multicasting; parametric process;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.927883
