Reconfigurable optoelectronic wavelength translation based on an integrated electroabsorption modulated laser array

Author

Raybon, G. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Chien, M. ; Dreyer, K. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Behringer, R.E. ; Tennant, D.M. ; Feder, K.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

1998

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

217

Abstract

Reconfigurable optoelectronic wavelength conversion to 11 100-GHz spaced wavelengths is achieved using a wavelength selectable laser array with an integrated electroabsorption (EA) modulator at a bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s. Wide dynamic range at the input from -24.2 to -6.5 dBm is achieved and uniform back-to-back transmission performance is measured for all wavelengths.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; electroabsorption; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor laser arrays; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; integrated electroabsorption modulated laser array; pin/HBT OEIC photoreceiver; reconfigurable optoelectronic wavelength translation; uniform back-to-back transmission performance; wavelength conversion; wavelength selectable laser array; wide dynamic range; Laser tuning; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.655362

Filename

655362