Title :
Multichannel wavelength conversion of DPSK signals using four-wave mixing in highly-nonlinear fiber without crossgainmodulation penalty
Author :
Devgan, Preetpaul ; Tang, Renyong ; Grigoryan, Vladimir S. ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous wavelength conversion of multiple DPSK channels using four-wave mixing in highly-nonlinear fiber. We achieve 20 nm converter bandwidth with 85% maximum efficiency. Three 10 Gb/s channels are converted without cross-modulation penalty
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; 10 Gbit/s; 85 percent; DPSK signals; converter bandwidth; four-wave mixing; highly-nonlinear fiber; multichannel wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201755
