503 ns, tunable optical delay of 40 Gb/s RZ-OOK and RZ-DPSK using additional λ-conversion for increased delay and reduced residual dispersion

Author

Nuccio, S.R. ; Yilmaz, O.F. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Christen, L. ; Fazal, I. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. - Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate a tunable optical delay element using wavelength conversion in a highly nonlinear fiber, dispersion compensating fiber, and optical phase conjugation. A continuous delay of up to 503-ns, for RZ-OOK and RZ-DPSK at 40-Gb/s, is demonstrated utilizing an improved method for doubling the relative delay and minimal residual dispersion.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical phase conjugation; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; RZ-DPSK; RZ-OOK; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; dispersion compensating fiber; nonlinear fiber; optical phase conjugation; residual dispersion; tunable optical delay element; wavelength conversion; Delay lines; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Wavelength conversion; (230.1150) All-Optical Devices (060.4370) Nonlinear Optics (060.4080) Phase Modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032693