Polarisation independent all-optical demultiplexing using four wave mixingin dispersion shifted fibre

Authors
Calvani, R Cisternino, F Girardi, R Riccardi, E
Citation
R. Calvani et al., Polarisation independent all-optical demultiplexing using four wave mixingin dispersion shifted fibre, ELECTR LETT, 35(1), 1999, pp. 72-73
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
72 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(19990107)35:1<72:PIADUF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A novel polarisation independent demultiplexer based on four wave mixing in a dispersion shifted fibre is proposed using a short, highly birefringent fibre in a forward and backward propagation scheme to allow polarisation di versity operation. The device has been tested with a 4x10Gbit/s optical tim e division multiplexing transmitter. Polarisation dependency is less than 0 .5dB and the BER measurement does not show any floor down to 10(-13).