Title :
Two-Pump Parametric Optical Delays
Author :
Alic, Nikola ; Windmiller, Joshua Ray ; Coles, James B. ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Abstract :
Continuously tunable optical delay lines based on parametric process in optical fibers are described theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. Performance limits are outlined and compared to alternative approaches capable of continually adjustable delay management. The current record of 105 ns tunable optical delay at 10 Gb/s is presented, with a delay-bandwidth product of 1055.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; delay-bandwidth; fiber optic communications; optical fibers; parametric amplifiers; tunable optical delay; two-pump parametric optical delays; wavelength conversion; Delay lines; Electromagnetic waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical recording; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Dispersion; fiber optic communications; optical delay; parametric amplifiers; wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2007.915392
