Open AccessSimultaneous frequency conversion, regeneration and reshaping of optical signals
Author(s) -
C. J. McKinstrie,
Daniel S. Cargill
Publication year - 2012
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.20.006881
Subject(s) - optics , four wave mixing , mixing (physics) , signal (programming language) , signal regeneration , materials science , nonlinear optics , noise (video) , optical fiber , physics , optoelectronics , laser , computer science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , programming language
Nondegenerate four-wave mixing in fibers enables the tunable and low-noise frequency conversion of optical signals. This paper shows that four-wave mixing driven by pulsed pumps can also regenerate and reshape optical signal pulses arbitrarily.