Lee, JH Nagashima, T Hasegawa, T Ohara, S Sugimoto, N Kikuchi, K 2024-01-21T03:43:32Z 2024-01-21T03:43:32Z 2021-09-02 2006-01 0733-8724 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/135864 The unique and practical benefits of the use of bismuth-oxide-based nonlinear fiber (Bi-NLF) in implementing a four-wave-mixing (FWM)-based wavelength converter for fiberoptic-com munication-system applications are experimentally demonstrated. First, the Kerr-nonfinearity and stimulated-Brillouin-scattering (SBS) characteristics of our fabricated Bi-NLF are experimentally investigated. The Bi-NLF is found to have the superior advantage of a significantly high SBS threshold in addition to its ultrahigh Kerr nonlinearity gamma of similar to 1100 W-1 . km(-1), compared to the conventional silica-based highly nonlinear fiber. Next, the authors perform an experiment for the FWM-based wavelength conversion of a non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signal within a 40-cm length of the Bi-NLF fusion spliced to standard silica fibers by using a continuous-wave (CW) high-power pump beam. Error-free tunable wavelength conversion over a 10-nm bandwidth is readily achieved. No SBS-suppression scheme is employed for the pump due to the high SBS threshold, which simplifies the system configuration and improves the quality of the wavelength-converted signal. English IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING NOISE Bismuth-oxide-based nonlinear fiber with a high SBS threshold and its application to four-wave-mixing wavelength conversion using a pure continuous-wave pump Article 10.1109/JLT.2005.860481 1 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, v.24, no.1, pp.22 - 28 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY 24 1 22 28 scie scopus 000235270600004 2-s2.0-33947681730 Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Optics Telecommunications Engineering Optics Telecommunications Article; Proceedings Paper STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING NOISE nonlinear optics optical communication optical-fiber devices optical fibers optical signal processing