Title :
Enhancement of tunable range of wavelength exchange by unequal pump power scheme
Author :
Shen, Mengzhe ; Wong, Kenneth KinYip
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We have theoretically investigated the impact of unequal pump power levels on the performance of wavelength exchange in pump depletion regime. It showed that an unbalanced pump power can widen the tunable range.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; nonlinear equations; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; optical tuning; four-wave mixing; nonlinear coupled equations; pump depletion; tunable range enhancement; unequal pump power scheme; wavelength exchange; Chirp modulation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Extinction ratio; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber communication; Optical tuning; Phase modulation; Power engineering and energy; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610346
