Title :
10 Gb/s visible source based on sum frequency generation
Author :
Cren, É Le ; Harvey, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland
Abstract :
We report the generation of a 10 Gb/s source at 639 nm with applications in characterizing multimode plastic optical fiber systems, obtained via sum frequency generation in a PPLN crystal.
Keywords :
error statistics; light sources; optical fibre testing; optical frequency conversion; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; polymer fibres; bit error rate testing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; free space optical components; multimode plastic optical fiber systems; sum frequency generation; visible source; wavelength 639 nm; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Character generation; Crystals; Frequency; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729139
