Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion based on a modified nonlinear polarization switch
Author :
Yu, Wenke ; Lou, Caiyun ; Zhao, Xiaofan ; Lu, Dan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinhua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
All-optical wavelength converter (WC) is proposed and demonstrated based on a nonlinear polarization switch (NPS) followed by a SOA. The quality of the wavelength-converted signal can be improved by the SOA.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical wavelength conversion; modified nonlinear polarization switch; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698773
