Title :
A NRZ wavelength converter based on a nonlinear polarization switch cascading a reshaping delayed interferometer
Author :
Zhao, Xiaofan ; Lou, Caiyun ; Pan, Shilong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A nonlinear polarization switch cascading a delayed interferometer is proposed and demonstrated as an all-optical wavelength converter (WC) for NRZ systems. The converted signal has a negative power penalty after 25 km transmission.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical wavelength conversion; NRZ wavelength converter; all-optical wavelength converter; nonlinear polarization switch; reshaping delayed interferometer; Bit error rate; Chirp; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Switches; Wavelength measurement;
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.2009.5343449
