Polarisation-independent 100 Gbit/s all-opticaldemultiplexer using four-wave mixingin a polarisation-maintaining fibre loop
- 31 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (7) , 591-592
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19940401
Abstract
Polarisation-independent, stable 100 Gbit/s operation of an all-optical time-domain demultiplexer is demonstrated at 1.55 µm, using four-wave mixing frequency conversion in a polarisation-maintaining fibre loop. Error-free 100 to 6.3 Gbit/s demultiplexing is achieved by a 380 mW, 5.3 ps pulse pump from a modelocked Er3+-doped fibre ring laser. The conversion efficiency is 58 % and the polarisation dependency is less than 0.5 dB.Keywords
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