10-Gb/s agile wavelength conversion with nanosecond tuning times using a multisection widely tunable laser

Author

Lavrova, OlgaA ; Rau, Lavanya ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

20

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

712

Lastpage

717

Abstract

Simultaneous wavelength conversion and high-speed wavelength switching has been demonstrated using a multisection grating-assisted coupler sampled reflector laser. A high-output extinction ratio (>20 dBm) over a 30-nm wavelength range was observed. The 10-Gb/s data was switched between different output wavelengths at a 2.5-Gb/s rate and transmitted over 50 km of dispersion-shifted fiber with a small measured power penalty (<2 dB)

Keywords

diffraction gratings; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 50 km; WDM; agile wavelength conversion; data transmission; dispersion-shifted fiber; high-speed wavelength switching; measured power penalty; multisection grating-assisted coupler sampled reflector laser; multisection widely tunable laser; optical wavelength conversion; output extinction ratio; output wavelengths; semiconductor lasers; tunable circuits; tunable devices; tuning times; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength range; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical refraction; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.996594

Filename

996594