Title :
1-to-40 channel multicasting in wideband parametric amplifier
Author :
Brès, C.S. ; Boggio, J. M Chavez ; Alic, N. ; Radic, S.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., La Jolla, CA
Abstract :
All optical multicasting using one-pump modulated parametric optical amplifier is reported. For a 10 Gb/s NRZ system, 1:40 multicasting is demonstrated with less than 0.5 dB power penalty and minimum 12.5 dB conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; telecommunication channels; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; conversion efficiency; one-pump modulated parametric optical amplifier; optical multicasting; power penalty; Broadband amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1594-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1595-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444399
