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Tunable single‐to‐dual channel wavelength conversion of picosecond pulses based on four‐wave mixing in microstructure fibers
Author(s) -
Zhang Xia,
Ren Xiaomin,
Xu Yongzhao,
Wang Zinan,
Huang Yongqing
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23398
Subject(s) - picosecond , materials science , wavelength , optics , microwave , dispersion (optics) , four wave mixing , mixing (physics) , zero dispersion wavelength , pulse (music) , energy conversion efficiency , signal (programming language) , optoelectronics , optical fiber , nonlinear optics , dispersion shifted fiber , laser , physics , fiber optic sensor , quantum mechanics , detector , computer science , programming language
All optical wavelength conversion between picosecond pulses based on four‐wave mixing (FWM) is experimentally demonstrated in 80‐m dispersion‐flatted high nonlinear microstructure fibers (MF). The pulsed signal with 10‐GHz repetition rate and 1.6‐ps pulse width is used as pump wave. In the experiments, both down‐ and up‐conversion are obtained in this type of wavelength converter. Moreover, tunable single‐to‐dual channel wavelength conversion is experimentally observed. The experiment results imply that it is possible to realize tunable single‐to‐multiple channel wavelength conversion. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1453–1455, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23398