Pump-suppressed nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber sagnac loop

Jianguo Liu, Yong Kee Yeo, Yixin Wang, Lifang Xue, Dawei Wang, Weifeng Rong, Luying Zhou, Gaoxi Xiao, Xiaojun Yu, Tee Hiang Cheng

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Abstract

We propose a configuration for suppressing pumps in a broad-and flat-band tunable nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) wavelength converter. The signal and pumps are coupled into a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber symmetrical Sagnac loop. After the FWM wavelength conversion in the loop, the idler is separated from the pumps without a filter. In our experiment, a flat wavelength conversion bandwidth of 36 nm, conversion efficiency of -11 dB, pump-to-signal suppression ratio of 48 dB, and idler-to-pump suppression ratio of 15 dB are achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2129-2131
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume20
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber
  • Nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM)
  • Pumps suppression
  • Symmetrical Sagnac loop
  • Wavelength conversion

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