Tunable optical delay with signal regeneration using cross-absorption modulation wavelength conversion and chromatic dispersion

Author

Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a compact tunable delay scheme with simultaneous signal regeneration using an electro-absorption modulator and a chirped fiber Bragg grating. Over 580-ps delay range is obtained with 2-dB improvement in the receiver sensitivity.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical delay lines; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical receivers; optical repeaters; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; chirped fiber Bragg grating; chromatic dispersion; compact tunable optical delay scheme; cross-absorption modulation wavelength conversion; electro-absorption modulator; receiver sensitivity; signal regeneration; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Repeaters; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing; (999.9999) Signal regeneration; (999.9999) Tunable optical delay;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571672