Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion at 160 Gbit/s using SOA and silicon-on-insulator photonic circuit
Author :
Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; Raz, Oded ; Zhang, S.J. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Voigt, K. ; Vyrsokinos, Costas ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Error-free operation of an all-optical wavelength converter at 160 Gbit/s based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and a silicon-on-insulator photonic circuit, consisting of two cascaded Mach-Zehnder delay interferometers, is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder delay interferometers; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; chirp filtering; polarity inversion; silicon-on-insulator photonic circuit;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.2340
