Title :
Optical wavelength multicasting based on four wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber with reduced polarization sensitivity
Author :
Wang, Dawei ; Cheng, Tee-Hiang ; Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Wang, Yixin ; Xu, Zhaowen ; Liu, Jianguo ; Xiao, Gaoxi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Using three co-polarized probes and a pump modulated signal, seven multicasting channels with 100-GHz spacing are demonstrated. The conversion efficiency fluctuation due to polarization sensitivity is reduced from more than 20 dB to 5 dB.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; co-polarized probes; four wave mixing; frequency 100 GHz; multicasting channels; nonlinear fiber; optical networks; optical wavelength multicasting; polarization sensitivity; pump modulated signal; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; Four-wave mixing; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
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
