Title :
Hybrid integrated semiconductor optical amplifier-Mach Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI)-type all-optical wavelength converter with a selectable delay time push-pull configuration
Author :
Uenohara, Hiroyuki ; Aikawa, Yohei
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intelligence Lab., Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
An all-optical wavelength converter employing a hybrid integrated semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a selectable push-pull-delay configuration was investigated. 25Gbps and 40Gbps wavelength conversion operations with different push-pull-delay times were achieved.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach Zehnder interferometer; SOA-MZI; all optical wavelength converter; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; hybrid integrated semiconductor optical amplifier; selectable delay time push-pull configuration; Delay; Delay lines; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation losses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276645
