Polarization-insensitive wavelength exchange in highly-nonlinear dispersion shifted fiber

Author

Uesaka, Katsumi ; Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

564

Abstract

Summary form only given. Because wavelength exchange (WE) makes use of four-wave mixing (FWM) between two pumps and two signals, the states of polarization (SOP) of pumps and signals strongly affect its operation characteristics. In this paper, we explore the influence of the SOP of pumps and signals in WE, and show that WE with orthogonal pumps gives superior characteristics in terms of extinction ratio, compared to that with parallel pumps. Based on these results, we have also demonstrated polarization-independent WE with orthogonal pumps, by using a polarization-diversity technique. Signal and idler output power variation below 0.4 dB and 0.3 dB has been achieved in this configuration.

Keywords

extinction coefficients; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; extinction ratio; four-wave mixing; highly-nonlinear dispersion shifted fiber; idler output power variation; orthogonal pumps; parallel pumps; polarization-diversity loop technique; polarization-insensitive wavelength exchange; signal output power variation; Bit error rate; Brillouin scattering; Clocks; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Pump lasers; Solid modeling; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036557

Filename

1036557