Open AccessSimultaneous NRZ-to-RZ format conversion and one-to-six error-free channel multicasting using a single pump in a highly nonlinear fiber
Author(s) -
Lianshan Yan,
Anlin Yi,
Wei Pan,
Bin Luo,
J. Ye
Publication year - 2010
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.18.021404
Subject(s) - four wave mixing , optics , cross phase modulation , modulation (music) , wavelength division multiplexing , channel (broadcasting) , channel spacing , multicast , nonlinear optics , nonlinear system , phase modulation , wavelength , computer science , physics , telecommunications , phase noise , laser , computer network , acoustics , quantum mechanics
We demonstrate simultaneous 10-Gb/s NRZ-to-RZ format conversion and multicasting from one to many data channels in a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) with only a single pump. Functionalities are achieved based on various nonlinear effects, such as four-wave-mixing (FWM), cross-gain-modulation (XGM) and cross-phase-modulation (XPM) between the pump channel and the NRZ data channel. Up to five and six converted data channels are error-free (10(-9) BER) as the wavelength spacing between the pump and the NRZ signal is set to 0.4-nm and 0.8-nm, respectively.