All-optical 16 × 2.5 Gb/s WDM signal simultaneous up-conversion based on XPM in an NOLM in ROF systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2724-2726

  Jia, Zhensheng ^a   Yu, Jianjun ^a   Chang, Gee Kung ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical up conversion; Cross phase modulation (XPM); Nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM); Radio over fiber (ROF)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CARRIER-TO-SIDEBAND RATIO; LOCAL OSCILLATOR SIGNAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; VESTIGIAL SIDEBAND FILTERING;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 29244476258     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859168     Document Type: Article

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