Title :
Conversion of 40 Gb/s OTDM to 4×10 Gb/s WDM channels with extinction ratio enhancement by pump-modulated four-wave mixing using time- and wavelength-interleaved laser pulses
Author :
Lei, Gordon K P ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous demultiplexing from 40 Gb/s OTDM to 4times10 Gb/s WDM channels by pump-modulated four-wave mixing with a time- and wavelength-interleaved pulsed source. An extinction ratio enhancement of ~2.6 dB is achieved.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; OTDM; WDM channels; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; extinction ratio enhancement; pump-modulated four-wave mixing; time-interleaved laser pulses; wavelength-interleaved laser pulses; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5214264
