Polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion by FWM in a highly nonlinear PCF of polarization-scrambled 10-Gb/s RZ-OOK and RZ-DPSK signals

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1676-1678

  Astar, W ^a,b   Lenihan, A S ^a,b   Carter, G M ^a,b  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Four wave mixing (FWM); IN OFF keying (OOK); Modulation formats; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Polarization scrambling; Return to zero (RZ); Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; MULTICASTING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE SHIFT;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; IN-OFF KEYING; PUMP-PROBE DETUNING;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; MODULATION FORMATS; ON-OFF KEYING; POLARIZATION SCRAMBLING; RETURN-TO-ZERO; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

EID: 35448957364     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.905052     Document Type: Article

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