• DocumentCode
    1254597
  • Title

    RZ wavelength conversion with reduced power penalty using a semiconductor-optical-amplifier/fiber-grating hybrid device

  • Author

    Cho, Pak S. ; Mahgerefteh, Daniel ; Goldhar, Julius ; Burdge, Geoffrey L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    We show that a fiber Bragg grating filter improves the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a semiconductor-optical-amplifier for return-to-zero (RZ) wavelength conversion. A 14-dB reduction in power penalty was obtained at 10.6 Gb/s.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10.6 Gbit/s; RZ wavelength conversion; WDM; bit-error-rate performance; fiber Bragg grating filter; optical frequency conversion; power penalty; reduced power penalty; return-to-zero wavelength conversion; semiconductor-optical-amplifier/fiber-grating hybrid device; Band pass filters; Fiber lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.651106
  • Filename
    651106
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1254597