All-optical wavelength conversion by semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引:638
作者
Durhuus, T
Mikkelsen, B
Joergensen, C
Danielsen, SL
Stubkjaer, KE
机构
[1] Ctr. for Broadband Telecom., Electromagnetics Institute, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby
[2] IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
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10.1109/50.511594
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Following a brief introduction to the applications for wavelength conversion and the different available conversion techniques, the paper gives an in depth analysis of cross gain and cross phase wavelength conversion in semiconductor optical amplifiers, The influence of saturation filtering on the bandwidth of the converters is explained and conditions for conversion at 20 Gb/s or more are identified. The cross gain modulation scheme shows extinction ratio degradation for conversion to longer wavelengths. This can be overcome using cross phase modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers that are integrated into interferometric structures, The first results for monolithic integrated interferometric wavelength converters are reviewed, and the quality of the converted signals is demonstrated by transmission of 10 Gb/s converted signals over 60 km of nondispersion shifted single mode fiber.
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页码:942 / 954
页数:13
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