All-optical wavelength-shifting technologies

Author

Joergensen, C. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Danielsen, S.L. ; Stubkjaer, K.E.

Author_Institution

Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

369

Abstract

State-of-the-art results for interferometric wavelength converters for WDM fiber networks have been presented. The interferometric converters are capable of high speed (10 Gbit/s), polarisation and wavelength independent (within 30 nn) wavelength conversion. In addition they offer unique features such as extinction ratio improvement and spectral cleaning. The 1-dB input power dynamic range is around 4 dB but can be increased to 8 dB by a simple control scheme

Keywords

light interferometers; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical frequency conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM fiber networks; all-optical wavelength-shifting technologies; control scheme; dB input power dynamic range; extinction ratio improvement; high speed; interferometric converters; interferometric wavelength converters; polarisation independent; spectral cleaning; wavelength independent; Chirp; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484756

Filename

484756