Title :
Simultaneous penalty free dual wavelength conversion using four wave mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Author :
Raz, O. ; Gallep, C.M. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous wavelength conversion of two 10 Gb/s signals of different modulation format (PSK&ASK) using a single common pump and a highly non-linear Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA). The converted signals had no measurable power penalty.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ASK; PSK; dual wavelength conversion; four wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifier; Amplitude shift keying; Converters; Four-wave mixing; Modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Power measurement; Probes; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343186
