Author/Authors :
D.M.، Marom, نويسنده , , J.، Leuthold, نويسنده , , R.، Ryf, نويسنده , , C.R.، Giles, نويسنده , , S.، Cabot, نويسنده , , J.J.، Jaques, نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We introduce a general concept for the design of all-optical wavelength converters with pulse reformatting functionality. The novel wavelength converters are based on a single semiconductor optical amplifier followed by an optical filter. A microelectromechanical system-based realization is shown and simultaneous 40 Gb/s wavelength conversion, switching and signal format conversion is demonstrated. The new pulse reformatting optical filter device outperforms current schemes with respect to input-power requirements, input-power dynamic range and signal quality.
