Title :
Wavelength conversion of RZ-OOK PDM signals by XPM in a highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Yi, A.-L. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Luo, B. ; Pan, W. ; Ye, J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Inf. Photonics & Commun., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu, China
Abstract :
Wavelength conversion of RZ-OOK signals in PDM systems based on XPM in high-nonlinear-fiber (HNLF) through a polarization-diversified loop is experimentally demonstrated. Less than 1dB eye-diagram-based SNR penalty is obtained for 10-G/bs RZ-OOK PDM signals.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical fibre communication; RZ OOK PDM signal; SNR; XPM; cross phase modulation; high nonlinear fiber; polarization-diversified loop; wavelength conversion; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682857
