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
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
