Title :
Wavelength Conversion using Multi-Pump Raman-assisted Four-Wave Mixing
Author :
Wang, S.H. ; Xu, Lixin ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y.
Author_Institution :
Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We proposed to use multi-pump Raman amplifier to assist four-wave-mixing based wavelength conversion. We achieved a conversion efficiency bandwidth of 10 nm and power penalty of ~1 dB at BER of 10-9 at 10 Gb/s.
Keywords :
amplifiers; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; conversion efficiency bandwidth; four-wave mixing; multi-pump Raman amplifier; power penalty; wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Four-wave mixing; Optical amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452733
