All-optical wavelength conversion scheme based on 20 Gb/s RZ data

Author

Jeon, M.-Y. ; Lim, D.S. ; Lee, H.K. ; Ahn, J.T. ; Chang, D.I. ; Kim, K.H.

Author_Institution

ETRI, Taejon, South Korea

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

278

Lastpage

279

Abstract

Summary form only given.High-speed all-optical wavelength converters are essential components of future wavelength division multiplexed optical networks. Semiconductor-optical-amplifier (SOA) based wavelength converters operating up to 40 Gb/s are becoming attractive because of their small size and integrability. Wavelength conversion in the SOA can be achieved either by cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a single amplifier or by cross phase modulation (XPM) in two amplifiers placed in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). We demonstrate a hybrid scheme of a single-SOA and asymmetric MZI (AMZI) for wavelength conversion of 20 Gb/s RZ format data.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; symmetry; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Gb/s RZ data; Gb/s RZ format data; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical wavelength conversion scheme; asymmetric MZI; cross phase modulation; cross-gain modulation; high-speed all-optical wavelength converters; hybrid scheme; semiconductor-optical-amplifier based wavelength converters; single amplifier; wavelength division multiplexed optical networks; Electrooptic modulators; Large Hadron Collider; Optical fiber couplers; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907012

Filename

907012