• DocumentCode
    3218731
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    18-20 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Poznan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1472-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292754
  • Filename
    6292754