DocumentCode :
1361312
Title :
Wavelength Converter for Polarization-Multiplexed 100-G Transmission With Multilevel Modulation Using a Bismuth Oxide-Based Nonlinear Fiber
Author :
Huang, Ming-Fang ; Yu, Jianjun ; Huang, Yue-Kai ; Ip, Ezra ; Chang, Gee-Kung
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Volume :
22
Issue :
24
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
1832
Lastpage :
1834
Abstract :
We demonstrate a four-wave-mixing-based wavelength converter suitable for coherent optical transmission at 100 Gb/s/λ and beyond that uses phase-diversity and nonconstant amplitude modulation formats. Our setup consists of 2 m of bismuth oxide-based nonlinear fiber and two copolarized external cavity pump lasers. We demonstrate wavelength conversion of 112-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero quadrature phase-shift keying and 144-Gb/s 16-ary quadrature-amplitude modulation signals. Less than 0.4-dB optical signal-to-noise ratio penalty at BER = 2 × 10-3 due to wavelength conversion was measured.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; electro-optical modulation; error statistics; laser cavity resonators; light coherence; multiwave mixing; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; optical pumping; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; 16-ary quadrature-amplitude modulation signal; BER; bismuth oxide-based nonlinear fiber; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; bit rate 144 Gbit/s; copolarized external cavity pump lasers; four-wave-mixing-based wavelength converter; multilevel modulation; optical signal-to-noise ratio penalty; phase diversity; polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero quadrature phase-shift keying; polarization-multiplexed transmission; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio; Bismuth oxide-based nonlinear fiber (Bi-NLF); coherent detection; four-wave mixing (FWM); phase-shift keying; quadrature-amplitude modulation (QAM); wavelength conversion (WC);
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2088384
Filename :
5610706
Link To Document :
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