Title :
A bit-rate-transparent monolithically integrated wavelength converter
Author :
Dummer, Matthew M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a monolithic wavelength converter based on a PD-EAM optical gate and tunable SGDBR laser operating at any bit rate up to 40 Gb/s in both NRZ and RZ formats.
Keywords :
convertors; lasers; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre networks; PD-EAM optical gate; bit-rate-transparent monolithically integrated wavelength converter; tunable SGDBR laser; Bit rate; Energy consumption; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Tunable circuits and devices; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729080
