DocumentCode
1281123
Title
Regeneration improvement in all-optical wavelength converter, based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, by means of phase-shifter section
Author
Ratovelomanana, F. ; Vodjdani, N. ; Enard, A. ; Glastre, G. ; Rondi, D. ; Blondeau, R. ; Dupas, A. ; Billes, L. ; Simon, J.C.
Author_Institution
Lab. Central de Recherches, Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France
Volume
33
Issue
19
fYear
1997
fDate
9/11/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1629
Lastpage
1630
Abstract
A passive phase-section is integrated in one arm of an interferometric all-optical wavelength converter. The passive phase-section is demonstrated to increase the extinction ratio regeneration capabilities of the converter by 10 dB and to improve the receiver sensitivity by 3.9 dB, for the converted signal at 2.5 Gbit/s
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; 2.5 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical wavelength converter; extinction ratio regeneration capabilities; passive phase-section; phase-shifter section; regeneration improvement; semiconductor optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19971117
Filename
629600
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