Title :
Dual-Pump Four-Wave Mixing in Bismuth-Oxide Highly Nonlinear Fiber for Wide-Band DPSK Wavelength Conversion
Author :
Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
Wide-band wavelength conversion is obtained in a 32-cm highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber using dual-pump four-wave mixing. The conversion for a 10-Gb/s NRZ-DPSK signal shows a power penalty below 4 dB over a 30-nm range.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; differential phase shift keying; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; NRZ-DPSK signal; bismuth-oxide highly nonlinear fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 32 cm; dual-pump four-wave mixing; wide-band DPSK wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348346
