• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 42, Issue s1, 105002 (2015)
Hu Hui1、2、3、*, Duan Tao1, Qian Fengchen1、2, Huang Xinning1、2, Su Yulong1、2、3, Wang Wei1、2, Han Biao1、2, Feng Huan1、2, and Xie Xiaoping1
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    DOI: 10.3788/cjl201542.s105002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hu Hui, Duan Tao, Qian Fengchen, Huang Xinning, Su Yulong, Wang Wei, Han Biao, Feng Huan, Xie Xiaoping. Theoretical and Experimental Research of Polarization Insensitive Optical Wavelength Convertor in a Photonic Crystal Fiber[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2015, 42(s1): 105002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A single pump polarization-insensitive and widely tunable all-optical wavelength conversion for 10 Gbit/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signal is experimentally demonstrated by means of four-wave-mixing (FWM) in highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The residual birefringence in the 50 m dispersion-flattened guarantees the FWM-based wavelength conversion to be polarization insensitive when the pump polarization is exactly at 45° to the birefringent axes of the PCF. Experimental results show that the polarization dependence of FWM in the PCF can be decreased to be less than 1 dB over 28 nm of wavelength tunable operation.The conversion efficiencies are better than -13 dB and the Q factor of idler signal is larger than 7 over the conversion range with signal polarization change.
    Hu Hui, Duan Tao, Qian Fengchen, Huang Xinning, Su Yulong, Wang Wei, Han Biao, Feng Huan, Xie Xiaoping. Theoretical and Experimental Research of Polarization Insensitive Optical Wavelength Convertor in a Photonic Crystal Fiber[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2015, 42(s1): 105002
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