Bismuth nonlinear fibre-based optical phase conjugator without SBS-induced efficiency limitation and its application to dispersion compensation in transmission link

Author

Lee, J.H. ; Kim, C.H. ; Han, Y.-G. ; Lee, S.B. ; Nagashima, T. ; Hasegawa, T. ; Ohara, S. ; Sugimoto, N. ; Kikuchi, K.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

42

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

3/2/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

298

Lastpage

299

Abstract

The implementation of a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) free, optical fibre phase conjugator by use of only 1 m length of fabricated bismuth oxide-based nonlinear fibre (Bi-NLF), has been experimentally demonstrated. A high OSNR phase-conjugated signal was readily achieved owing to the unique properties of the Bi-NLF such as an ultra-high χ⁽³⁾ nonlinearity and a high SBS threshold although no SBS suppression scheme was employed. Using the phase conjugator, error-free transmission of the signal is readily achieved over a 150 km SMF link.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical phase conjugation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 150 km; SBS-induced efficiency limitation; bismuth nonlinear fibre-based optical phase conjugator; bismuth oxide-based nonlinear fibre; dispersion compensation; optical fibre phase conjugator; phase-conjugated signal; stimulated Brillouin scattering; transmission link; ultra-high nonlinearity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20064383

Filename

1604875