Title :
Enhanced Nonlinearity Tapered Chalcogenide Fiber for All-Optical Wavelength Conversion of 40 Gb/s Signals
Author :
Fu, L.B. ; Pelusi, Mark D. ; Magi, E.C. ; Ta´eed, V.G. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Tapering As2Se3 fiber for enhancing its nonlinearity to 2500 W-1km-1, enables near penalty-free, wavelength conversion of a 40 Gb/s optical signal via cross-phase modulation in a shorter device length that reduces dispersion impact for more broadband operation.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical wavelength conversion; As2Se3; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; broadband operation; cross-phase modulation; dispersion impact; enhanced nonlinearity tapered chalcogenide fiber; optical signal; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528477