Title :
Wavelength converters based on fiber XPM and fiber Bragg gratings
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Electron., Prague, Czech Republic
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
A new method of phase modulation to amplitude modulation conversion (PM/AM conversion) based on an integrating capabilities of uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was proposed and its use in a wavelength converter was experimentally demonstrated. The wavelength converter was based on cross-phase modulation XPM in 500 m of highly nonlinear fiber. The pulsewidth of input pulses was 1.5 ps and the pulsewidth of converted pulses was 4 ps indicating possible applicability in 100 Gb/s systems.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; PM/AM conversion; amplitude modulation; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; cross-phase modulation; distance 50 m; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber XPM; highly nonlinear fiber; phase modulation; time 1.5 ps; wavelength converters; Amplitude modulation; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Wavelength conversion; 100 Gb/s; fiber Bragg grating; fiber cross-phase modulation; wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185239
