Pulsed pump wavelength exchange for high speed signal de-multiplexing
Author(s) -
C. H. Kwok,
Bill P.-P. Kuo,
Kenneth K. Y. Wong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.010894
Subject(s) - optics , multiplexing , multiplexer , bit error rate , dispersion (optics) , wavelength division multiplexing , dispersion shifted fiber , physics , signal (programming language) , wavelength , optical fiber , materials science , computer science , telecommunications , fiber optic sensor , channel (broadcasting) , programming language
We report the first experimental demonstration of pulsed pump wavelength exchange in a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber for all-optical time de-multiplexing of 80 Gb/s return-to-zero (RZ) signals. Orthogonal pulsed pump and continuous wave (cw) pump are used in the fiber-based wavelength exchange for ultra-fast power switching. Error-free operation was achieved for the proposed all-optical 1:8 de-multiplexer over all time de-multiplexed 10 Gb/s RZ signals with <or=2.1 dB power penalty at 10(-9) bit-error rate. The experimental results show that a wide-band phase-matching is feasible for fiber-based nonlinear parametric processes.
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