Title :
All-optical TDM to WDM conversion in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Lacey, J.P.R. ; Lowery, Arthur J. ; Tucker, Rodney
fDate :
2/3/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report the first demonstration of all-optical time division multiplexing (TDM) to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) conversion based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifier. A 700 Mbit/s TDM bit stream at one wavelength has been converted to two 350 Mbit/s WDM bit streams at two wavelengths spaced by 4 nm. Observed bit error rates are less than 10-9
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 350 Mbit/s; 700 Mbit/s; TDM to WDM conversion; all-optical time division multiplexing; bit error rates; four-wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940148
