Title :
All-optical ultrafast wavelength and mode converter based on inter-modal nonlinear wave mixing in few-mode fibers
Author :
Yi Weng ; Xuan He ; Junyi Wang ; Zhongqi Pan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
Abstract :
An ultrafast all-optical simultaneous wavelength and mode conversion scheme is purposed based on intermodal nonlinear wave mixing, with the capability of switching state of polarization and mode degeneracy orientation in few-mode fibers with high efficiency.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibre polarisation; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical ultrafast mode converter; all-optical ultrafast wavelength converter; few-mode fibers; intermodal nonlinear wave mixing; mode degeneracy orientation; polarization switching state; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
