Title :
Regenerative Properties of Bulk and Quantum Dot SOA Based All-Optical Mach-Zehnder Interferometer DPSK Wavelength Converters
Author :
Wang, Jin ; Jiao, Yang ; Bonk, Rene ; Freude, Wolfgang ; Leuthold, Juerg
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Univ., Karlsruhe
Abstract :
An all-optical DPSK wavelength conversion scheme using quantum dot SOAs is introduced and compared with a corresponding bulk SOA scheme. We show that it offers a binary phase regeneration so far only known from electronics.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; quantum dots; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical DPSK wavelength conversion scheme; binary phase regeneration; quantum dot SOA; regenerative properties; Arm; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Quantum dots; Repeaters; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion; differential phase-shift keying; quantum dot; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2006. PS '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heraklion, Crete
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2006.4350141
