Title :
High-Speed Optical WDM-to-TDM Conversion Using Fiber Nonlinearities
Author :
Wu, Xiaoxia ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Nuccio, Scott R. ; Yilmaz, Omer Faruk ; Scaffardi, Mirco ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate several high-speed wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) to time division multiplexing (TDM) conversion schemes by using different nonlinearities in highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF). 40-160-Gb/s WDM-to-TDM conversion using cross-phase modulation (XPM) and 160-320-Gb/s conversion based on supercontinuum generation are shown. Furthermore, we investigate a different kind of HNLF, and demonstrate 40-80-Gb/s WDM-to-TDM conversion using XPM in a 0.8-m bismuth oxide HNLF (Bi-HNLF). Less than 3-dB power penalty is obtained for each case.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Bi-HNLF; XPM; bismuth oxide highly-nonlinear fiber; bit rate 40 Gbit/s to 320 Gbit/s; crossphase modulation; high-speed optical WDM-to-TDM conversion; supercontinuum generation; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Supercontinuum generation; Time division multiplexing; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; time division multiplexing (TDM); ultrafast nonlinear processes; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2037025
