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

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

268

Lastpage

270

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.862001

Filename

1561354