Title :
Multipump Four-Wave Mixing in a Photonic Crystal Fiber for 6×10 Gb/s Wavelength Multicasting of DPSK Signals
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We demonstrate differential phase-shift keying wavelength multicasting using four-wave mixing in a 64-m dispersion-flattened highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber. The power penalty is less than 2.9 dB for all the 10-Gb/s multicast channels spaced at 200 GHz.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; telecommunication channels; DPSK signals; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 60 Gbit/s; differential phase-shift keying; dispersion-flattened PCF; frequency 200 GHz; highly nonlinear PCF; multicast channels; multiple wavelength conversion; multipump four-wave mixing; photonic crystal fiber; power penalty; wavelength multicasting; Amplitude modulation; Amplitude shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Differential phase-shift keying (DPSK); four-wave mixing (FWM); highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF); multiple wavelength conversion; wavelength multicasting;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.901450
