• DocumentCode
    1219066
  • Title

    All-optical 1310 to 1550 nm wavelength conversion by utilising nonlinear polarisation rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Turkiewicz, J.P. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    29
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    A 1310 to 1550 nm wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarisation rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier is demonstrated. Error-free 1310 to 1550 nm wavelength conversion is shown at 20 Gbit/s.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; light polarisation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1310 to 1550 nm; 20 Gbit/s; BER; bit error rate; nonlinear polarisation rotation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength upconversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20057435
  • Filename
    1387780