Title :
All-optical arbitrary wavelength conversion with signal regeneration based on slicing of supercontinuum spectrum
Author :
Oshiba, Saeko ; Moritomo, Renich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Sci., Kyoto Inst. of Technol., Kyoto
Abstract :
Signal regeneration was demonstrated with a wavelength conversion in a wide wavelength range (plusmn 20 nm from an input signal) using a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) at normal dispersion. At the optimum pumping condition, Q-factor of converted signals can be increased up to 15.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical repeaters; supercontinuum generation; wavelength division multiplexing; HNLF dispersion; all-optical arbitrary wavelength conversion; converted signal Q-factor; highly nonlinear fiber; optimum pumping condition; signal regeneration; supercontinuum spectrum slicing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Q factor; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion; component; highly nonlinear fiber;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771755
