• DocumentCode
    338655
  • Title

    Noise optimisation of polarisation independent wavelength converters based on dual-pump four-wave mixing

  • Author

    Set, S.Y. ; Geiger, H. ; Laming, R.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    122
  • Abstract
    We analyze the noise issues of polarization-independent four-wave mixers based on dual-orthogonally polarized pumps. Noise optimization is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge in such devices at 10 Gbit/s giving a >5 dB improvement.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical noise; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; 10 Gbit/s; dual-pump four-wave mixing; noise optimisation; polarisation independent wavelength converter; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Four-wave mixing; Noise figure; Noise reduction; Optical fiber polarization; Signal generators; Signal processing; Wavelength converters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.767813
  • Filename
    767813