Title :
Enhancement of four-wave mixing in a tapered core fiber with uniform chromatic dispersion
Author :
Tsujikawa, Kyozo ; Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Miyajima, Yoshiaki ; Ohashi, Masaharu
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Syst. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We have described a tapered core fiber with uniform chromatic dispersion along its length. High FWM efficiency was obtained when the input power was the same as the SBS threshold power (12 dBm). This fiber is useful for wavelength conversion
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; SBS threshold power; WDM; four-wave mixing enhancement; high efficiency; tapered core fiber; uniform chromatic dispersion; wavelength conversion; Brillouin scattering; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719703
