TY - JOUR
T1 - 10-GHz return-to-zero pulse source tunable in wavelength with a single- or multiwavelength output based on four-wave mixing in a newly developed highly nonlinear fiber
AU - Clausen, A. T.
AU - Oxenlowe, L.
AU - Peucheret, Christophe
AU - Poulsen, Henrik Nørskov
AU - Jeppesen, Palle
AU - Knudsen, Stig Nissen
AU - Grüner-Nielsen, Lars Erik
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In this letter, a novel scheme for a wavelength-tunable pulse source (WTPS) is proposed and characterized. It is based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a newly developed highly nonlinear fiber between a return-to-zero (RZ) pulsed signal at a fixed wavelength and a continuous wave probe tunable in wavelength. The corresponding FWM product acts as the WTPS, and is implemented in a 10-Gb/s, 160-km transmission experiment and in a 40-Gb/s multiplexing/demultiplexing experiment. The scheme can be expanded to a multiwavelength WTPS, which is demonstrated for two wavelengths. The introduced penalty using the WTPS compared to the original RZ pulses is negligible.
AB - In this letter, a novel scheme for a wavelength-tunable pulse source (WTPS) is proposed and characterized. It is based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a newly developed highly nonlinear fiber between a return-to-zero (RZ) pulsed signal at a fixed wavelength and a continuous wave probe tunable in wavelength. The corresponding FWM product acts as the WTPS, and is implemented in a 10-Gb/s, 160-km transmission experiment and in a 40-Gb/s multiplexing/demultiplexing experiment. The scheme can be expanded to a multiwavelength WTPS, which is demonstrated for two wavelengths. The introduced penalty using the WTPS compared to the original RZ pulses is negligible.
U2 - 10.1109/68.903224
DO - 10.1109/68.903224
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 70
EP - 72
JO - I E E E Photonics Technology Letters
JF - I E E E Photonics Technology Letters
SN - 1041-1135
IS - 1
ER -