• DocumentCode
    316773
  • Title

    Elimination of pattern dependence in a semiconductor-optical-amplifier wavelength converter using a fiber grating

  • Author

    Mahgerefteh, Daniel ; Cho, Pak ; Goldhar, Julius ; Burdge, Geoffrey L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    22-25 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    273
  • Abstract
    The pattern dependence of a semiconductor-optical-amplifier wavelength converter is eliminated using a fiber grating. We demonstrate error-free conversion of 10 Gb/s NRZ data with an amplifier that showed an error floor at 10-5 BER when used alone
  • Keywords
    broadband networks; 10 Gbit/s; BER; Gb/s NRZ data; broadband optical fibre networks; error floor; error-free conversion; fiber grating; pattern dependence; semiconductor-optical-amplifier wavelength converter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-697-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19971470
  • Filename
    628179