Title :
Widely Tunable Wavelength Exchange in Anomalous-Dispersion Regime
Author :
Fung, Rebecca W L ; Cheung, Henry K Y ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We demonstrate the 10-Gb/s wavelength exchange with two pumps in the anomalous-dispersion region. Results show that performance degradation caused by Raman gain is avoided so that a nearly complete exchange can be achieved. In this letter, we also investigate the tunability of wavelength exchange for the first time to the best of our knowledge. Complete wavelength exchange is achieved with tuning range >15 nm. A bit-error rate of < 10-9 is maintained with power penalties of ~2 dB using 2r - 1 pseudorandom bit sequence (PRBS).
Keywords :
Raman spectra; error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; Raman gain; anomalous-dispersion regime; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; four-wave mixing; performance degradation; power penalties; pseudorandom bit sequence; tunability; wavelength exchange; widely tunable exchange; Bit error rate; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical tuning; Performance gain; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement; Four-wave mixing (FWM); optical parametric amplification (OPA); stimulated Raman scattering (SRS); wavelength exchange (WE);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.906826
