Polarization-insensitive all-optical wavelength multicasting by self-phase-modulation in a photonic-crystal fiber

Author

Kwok, C.H. ; Lee, S.H. ; Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon ; Bjarklev, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Polarization-insensitive all-optical wavelength multicasting is demonstrated by spectral filtering from a self-phase-modulated 10-Gb/s return-to-zero signal in a 100-m-long photonic-crystal-fiber. Simultaneous conversion of 6 different wavelengths is achieved without any external light source and polarization control.

Keywords

multicast communication; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; photonic crystals; all optical wavelength multicasting; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; external light source; photonic crystal fiber; polarization control; polarization insensitive; return to zero signal; self phase modulation; simultaneous conversion; spectral filtering; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Photonic crystal fibers; Scanning probe microscopy; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628166

Filename

4628166