Wavelength exchange in a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber: theory and experiments

Author

Uesaka, Katsumi ; Wong, Kenneth Kin-Yip ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

2002

Firstpage

560

Lastpage

568

Abstract

With a suitable arrangement of two pumps and two signals with respect to the zero-dispersion wavelength of a fiber, simultaneous wavelength exchange between two signals can be realized by four-wave mixing in the fiber. We have demonstrated near-complete wavelength exchange between two signals at 1573.4 and 1579.9 nm with two 0.25-W pumps in a 1-km-long highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber. We also have evaluated the bit-error-rate performance of wavelength exchange with a 10-Gb/s signal, and obtained a power penalty of less than 1 dB for the exchanged signal

Keywords

error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; 0.25 W; 1 km; 10 Gbit/s; 1573.4 nm; 1579.9 nm; bit-error-rate performance; exchanged signal; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber; multiwave mixing; near-complete wavelength exchange; nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber; power penalty; wavelength exchange; zero-dispersion wavelength; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2002.1016359

Filename

1016359