Lee, J.Yusoff, Z.Belardi, W.Ibsen, M.Monro, T.Richardson, D.2007-08-272007-08-272003IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2003; 15(3):437-4391041-11351941-0174http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37437Copyright © 2003 IEEEWe demonstrate a tunable wavelength-division-multiplexing wavelength converter based on cross-phase modulation in just 5.8 m of highly nonlinear normal dispersion holey fiber (HF) and incorporating a precise compression-tuned apodized fiber-grating filter. We achieve both error-free and penalty-free 10-Gb/s wavelength conversion over a ∼15-nm bandwidth. The short device length and correspondingly reduced pulse walkoff effect ensures a constant wavelength-converted signal pulsewidth across the full tuning range. The use of HF with normal dispersion eliminates the coherence-degradation related intensity noise previously observed in experiments employing anomalously dispersive HF.300209 bytesapplication/pdfenJournal article002007112510.1109/LPT.2002.8079270001812675000272-s2.0-003734194448613