Title :
All-Optical Wavelength Converter-Regenerator by Means of Out of Band Auxiliary Carrier Modulation Induced by Super-Continuum Generation
Author :
Curti, Franco ; Beleffi, Giorgio M Tosi ; Forin, Davide M. ; Reale, Andrea ; Taccheo, Stefano ; Ennser, Karin ; Karasek, Miroslav ; Teixeira, Antonio
Author_Institution :
ISCOM Italian Commun. Minis., Rome
Abstract :
A 2R regeneration and increased wavelength conversion range is archived exploiting a super-continuum generation based method. A co-propagating out of band continuous wave is modulated by the super-continuum generation
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; supercontinuum generation; 2R regeneration; all-optical wavelength converter; auxiliary carrier modulation; regenerator; supercontinuum generation; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical refraction; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248236
