168-Gb/s all-optical wavelength conversion with a Symmetric-Mach-Xehnder-type switch

被引：127

作者：

Nakamura, S ^{[1
]}

Ueno, Y ^{[1
]}

Tajima, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NEC Corp Ltd, Syst Devices & Fundamental Res, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050805 3058501, Japan

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2001年 / 13卷 / 10期

关键词：

all-optical switch; interferometer; nonlinear optics; semiconductor optical amplifier; ultrafast; wavelength conversion;

D O I：

10.1109/68.950745

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：

Error-free all-optical wavelength conversion at 168 Gb/s, which is the highest repetition rate ever reported, has been achieved by using a Symmetric-Mach-Zehnder (SMZ)-type switch. Low-power-penalty 84-Gb/s operation is also demonstrated. The push-pull switching mechanism of the SMZ switch enables such ultrafast operation based on cross-phase modulation associated with the carrier depletion in a semiconductor optical amplifier. The configuration of the Delayed-Interference Signal-wavelength Converter, which is a simplified variant of the SMZ switch, is used in this experiment.

引用

页码：1091 / 1093

页数：3

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