Title :
Quasi-lossless spans for broadband transmission and data processing
Author :
Ellingham, T.J. ; Ania-Castañón, J.D. ; Ibbotson, R. ; Chen, X. ; Zhang, L. ; Turitsyn, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We present the first experimental implementation of a recently designed quasi-lossless fibre span with strongly reduced signal power excursion. The resulting fibre waveguide medium can be advantageously used both in lightwave communications and in all-optical nonlinear data processing.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical pumping; Raman laser pumps; all-optical nonlinear data processing; broadband transmission; data processing; fibre waveguide medium; lightwave communication; quasilossless fibre span; signal power excursion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
