title: A widely tunable wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarization rotation in a carbon-nanotube-deposited D-shaped fiber.
abstract: We demonstrate widely tunable wavelength conversion based on cross-phase modulation induced nonlinear polarization rotation in a carbon nanotubes (CNTs) deposited D-shaped fiber. A 5-centimeter-long CNT-deposited D-shaped fiber is used as the nonlinear medium for wavelength conversion of a 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero signal. Wavelength tunable converted signal over 40 nm is obtained with around 2.5-dB power penalty in the bit-error-rate measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. kkchow@sagnac.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012399:Rotation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon