Title :
Wavelength Exchange with Enhanced Extinction Ratio in Highly Nonlinear Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
Author :
Fung, Rebecca W L ; Cheung, Henry K Y ; Kuo, Bill P P ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple approach to enhance the extinction ratio of wavelength exchange with a polarization-diversity technique. Over 25 dB of extinction ratio is attained with 6 dB improvement over that of the conventional configuration.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; dispersion-shifted fiber; extinction ratio; nonlinear fiber; polarization diversity; wavelength exchange; Clocks; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping;
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.2007.4453491
