Title :
4 × 10 Gb/s time and wavelength multicasting with NRZ to RZ format conversion using four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Lei, Gordon K P ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous time and wavelength multicasting with NRZ to RZ format conversion by four-wave mixing of the input signal with a time- and wavelength-interleaved laser source. Error-free operations are obtained in all the outputs.
Keywords :
holey fibres; multicast communication; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; photonic crystals; NRZ-RZ format conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; time multicasting; time-interleaved laser source; wavelength multicasting; wavelength-interleaved laser source; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Photonic crystal fibers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
