• DocumentCode
    2237373
  • Title

    All-optical wavelength conversion with extinction ratio improvement of 100Gb/s RZ-signals in ultralong bulk SOAs

  • Author

    Runge, P. ; Bunge, C.A. ; Petermann, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech. - Photonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The potential for all-optical high-speed wavelength conversion with extinction ratio improvement in ultralong bulk SOAs is studied. The simulations show that for 100Gb/s RZ-signals with a PRBS order of 16, no pattern effects are observed.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Bogatov-like effect; all-optical high-speed wavelength conversion; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; cross-gain modulation; extinction ratio; four-wave mixing; ultralong bulk SOA; ultralong semiconductor optical amplifiers; Charge carrier lifetime; Erbium; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; All-optical wavelength conversion; Bogatov effect; extinction ratio improvement; ultralong semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pisa
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3857-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3856-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2009.5307804
  • Filename
    5307804