Title :
Nonlinear polarization rotation in a carbon nanotubes deposited D-shaped fiber for widely tunable wavelength conversion
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Yamashita, S. ; Song, Y.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
We demonstrate cross-phase modulation induced nonlinear polarization rotation based wavelength conversion using a carbon nanotubes deposited D-shaped fiber. Wavelength tunable converted signal over C-band is obtained with 2.5-dB power penalty for 10 Gb/s NRZ signal.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical rotation; optical wavelength conversion; C-band; D-shaped fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; carbon nanotubes; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear polarization rotation; power penalty; widely tunable wavelength conversion; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical surface waves; Optical wavelength conversion; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (190.3270) Kerr effect;
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
