Journal article
All-optical wavelength conversion at bit rates above 10 Gb/s using semiconductor optical amplifiers
This work assesses the prospects for high-speed all-optical wavelength conversion using the simple optical interaction with the gain in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) via the interband carrier recombination. Operation and design guidelines for conversion speeds above 10 Gb/s are described and the various tradeoffs are discussed.
Experiments at bit rates up to 40 Gb/s are presented for both cross-gain modulation (XGM) and cross-phase modulation (XPM) in SOAs demonstrating the high-speed capability of these techniques
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 1997 |
Pages: | 1168-1180 |
ISSN: | 15584542 and 1077260x |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1109/2944.658592 |
10 Gbit/s 40 Gbit/s Bit rate Frequency conversion High speed optical techniques Nonlinear optics Optical modulation Optical polarization Optical signal processing Optical wavelength conversion Repeaters Semiconductor optical amplifiers WDM all-optical wavelength conversion bit rates conversion speeds cross-gain modulation cross-phase modulation design guidelines electro-optical modulation high-speed all-optical wavelength conversion high-speed capability high-speed optical techniques interband carrier recombination optical frequency conversion optical transmitters phase modulation semiconductor optical amplifiers simple optical interaction wavelength division multiplexing