• 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