Title :
Recent Advances in Optical Processing Techniques Using Highly Nonlinear Bismuth Oxide Fiber
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
Abstract :
We report our recent studies on nonlinear processing of optical signals using a 35-cm highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber (Bi-NLF). Our findings are based on self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation, and four-wave mixing in the Bi-NLF. We demonstrate applications of the nonlinear techniques in optical signal regeneration, tunable optical delay, stabilization of multiwavelength laser source, tunable optical pulse generation, microwave photonic carrier frequency multiplication, and all-optical wavelength conversion.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; self-phase modulation; Bi2O3; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-phase modulation; four-wave mixing; microwave photonic carrier frequency multiplication; multiwavelength laser source stabilization; nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber; optical processing; optical signal regeneration; self-phase modulation; size 35 cm; tunable optical delay; tunable optical pulse generation; Bismuth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal processing; Tunable circuits and devices; Highly nonlinear fiber; nonlinear fiber optics; optical signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2008.915523
