All-optical wavelength conversion and broadcasting to eight separate channels by a single semiconductor optical amplifier delay interferometer

Author

Pleumeekers, J.L. ; Leuthold, J. ; Kauer, M. ; Bernasconi, P.G. ; Burrus, C.A. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Chen, E. ; Gomez, L. ; Laskowski, E.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

596

Lastpage

597

Abstract

We have demonstrated an all-optical broadcast experiment in which a 10 Gbit/s RZ data signal is simultaneously converted into up to 8 different wavelengths. A single SOA with delay interferometer was used. Bit error rate measurements showed a power penalty of less than 1.5 dB for configurations with up to 8 wavelengths.

Keywords

broadcasting; delays; light interferometers; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gbit/s RZ data signal; all-optical broadcast experiment; all-optical wavelength conversion; configurations; delay interferometer; power penalty; separate channel broadcasting; simultaneously converted; single SOA; single semiconductor optical amplifier delay interferometer; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Broadcasting; High-speed electronics; Optical interferometry; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036585

Filename

1036585