Title :
Simultaneous Four Channels Modulation Format Conversion in a Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror with Suppressed Four-Wave-Mixing Crosstalk
Author :
Kwok, C.H. ; Chow, C.W. ; Tsang, H.K. ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Centre for Advanced Research in Photonics, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong email: chkwok@ee.cuhk.edu.hk
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple approach to simultaneously convert four nonreturn-to-zero signals into return-to-zero format. Four-wave-mixing induced crosstalk in the multi-channel operation is suppressed using an orthogonal cross-phase modulation scheme in a nonlinear optical loop mirror.
Keywords :
Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801204
