Title :
Wavelength-tunable multicolor Raman soliton generation using an ellipse polarized pump pulse and highly birefringent optical fibers
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Wavelength-tunable multicolor optical pulse generation based on the self-frequency shift of a Raman soliton was demonstrated. An ellipse polarized pump source, a highly birefringent (HB) optical fiber, and a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber were used to generate Raman soliton pulses. The wavelength was tuned by controlling the polarization of the pump source. Raman soliton pulses with six different colors and low wavelength crosstalk under 20 dB have been successfully generated.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; birefringence; colour; light polarisation; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical solitons; Raman soliton; birefringent optical fibers; ellipse polarized pump pulse; multicolor soliton; nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber; optical pulse generation; self-frequency shift; soliton generation; wavelength crosstalk; wavelength-tunable soliton; Birefringence; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Solitons; Stimulated emission; Optical frequency conversion; Raman lasers; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.862451
