DocumentCode
452558
Title
A 10GBIT/S Tuneable Wavelength Converter Based on Four-Wave MIXING in Highly Nonlinear Holey Fibre
Author
Belardi, W. ; Lee, J.H. ; Furusawa, K. ; Yusoff, Z. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Ibsen, M. ; Monro, T.M. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Volume
5
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a FWM based wavelength converter using a 15 m, highly nonlinear HF with a high SBS threshold. Error-free, efficient wavelength conversion of 10 Gbit/s NRZ signal over a ~10 nm bandwidth is reliably achieved
Keywords
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical wavelength conversion; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 10 Gbit/s; 15 km; error-free wavelength conversion; four-wave mixing; nonlinear holey fibre; nonreturn-to-zero signal; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength converter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1601382
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