All-optical wavelength converter based on self-phase modulation effects in microstructure fibers

Xia Zhang; Guang-Qiang Yang; Yong-Zhao Xu; Yong-Qing Huang; Xiao-Min Ren; Xue Chen

doi:10.1117/12.666988

28 January 2006 All-optical wavelength converter based on self-phase modulation effects in microstructure fibers

Xia Zhang, Guang-Qiang Yang, Yong-Zhao Xu, Yong-Qing Huang, Xiao-Min Ren, Xue Chen

Proceedings Volume 6025, ICO20: Optical Communication; 602508 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666988
Event: ICO20:Optical Devices and Instruments, 2005, Changchun, China

Abstract

An all-optical tunable wavelength converter using a combination of self-phase modulation (SPM) effects in highly nonlinear microstructure fibers and narrowband spectral filtering is investigated, which is reported for the first time to our knowledge. Wavelength conversion over a±4nm bandwidth of a 10Gb/s date rate is obtained with good efficiency. A 25-m-long microstructure fiber with zero-dispersion wavelength at 800nm is used as the nonlinear medium. The core diameter of microstructure fiber is 2.4μm and the outer diameter is 125μm. The nonlinearity is γ=36km-1W-1, which is 20 times higher that that of a conversional dispersion-shifted fiber. The dispersion at the wavelength of 1550nm is ~+150ps/nm-km and the loss is 40dB/km.

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Xia Zhang, Guang-Qiang Yang, Yong-Zhao Xu, Yong-Qing Huang, Xiao-Min Ren, and Xue Chen "All-optical wavelength converter based on self-phase modulation effects in microstructure fibers", Proc. SPIE 6025, ICO20: Optical Communication, 602508 (28 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666988

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