A high-performance semiconductor optical amplifier/fiber Bragg grating wavelength converter

Author

Cho, P.K. ; Mahgerefteh, D. ; Goldhar, J. ; Burdge, G.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

248

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a novel (semiconductor optical amplifier) SOA/fiber-grating wavelength converter with relatively high extinction ratio (>30) using record low switching power (<-13 dBm) at 10 Gbit/s. This simple filtering technique provides a cost-effective alternative to existing wavelength conversion methods.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM optical fibre communication; fiber-grating wavelength converter; filtering technique; high extinction ratio; high-performance semiconductor optical amplifier/ fiber Bragg grating wavelength converter; low switching power; wavelength conversion methods; Bit error rate; Distributed feedback devices; Educational institutions; Extinction ratio; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657367

Filename

657367