Wavelength conversion of a 40-Gb/s RZ-DPSK signal using four-wave mixing in a dispersion-flattened highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1908-1910

  Andersen, Peter A ^a   Tokle, Torger ^a   Geng, Yan ^a   Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Jeppesen, Palle ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Four wave mixing (FWM); Highly nonlinear (HNL) fiber; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT KEYING (DPSK); HIGHLY NONLINEAR (HNL) FIBER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 27144505680     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.853275     Document Type: Article

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