Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion and regeneration in SOAs
Author :
Webb, R.P. ; Dailey, James M. ; Manning, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We argue that the use of nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifiers for all-optical processing of phase encoded signals offers potential benefits. To illustrate the point, we demonstrate QPSK to 8PSK conversion and decomposition of QPSK to two BPSK outputs at new wavelengths by four-wave mixing.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; phase coding; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; BPSK; QPSK-8PSK conversion; SOA; all-optical processing; all-optical wavelength conversion; all-optical wavelength regeneration; four-wave mixing; nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifiers; phase encoded signals; signal decomposition; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shift keying; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1472-6
DOI :
10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292754
