Title :
Low Walk-Off Kerr-Shutter Using a Dispersion-Shifted Lead Silicate Holey Fiber
Author :
Asimakis, S. ; Meloni, G. ; Leong, J.Y.Y. ; Poletti, F. ; Moore, R.C. ; Frampton, K.E. ; Feng, X. ; Loh, W.H. ; Bogoni, A. ; Potì, L. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Petropoulos, P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We present, for the first time to our knowledge, the use of a dispersion-shifted soft-glass holey fiber (HF) in a Kerr-shutter configuration. Wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s data pulses is achieved in the C-band using just 2.1 m of a lead-silicate HF with a nonlinear parameter ¿ of 164 W-1 · km-1. The low dispersion and the short length of the fiber enable short switching windows to be realized.
Keywords :
holey fibres; lead compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; C-band; PbSiO - System; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data pulses; dispersion-shifted lead silicate holey fiber; dispersion-shifted soft-glass holey fiber; low walk-off Kerr-shutter; nonlinear optics; switching windows; wavelength conversion; Communication switching; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical fiber communication; photonic crystal fibers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.900309