Polarisation independent, multi-channel, multi-format wavelength conversion by difference-frequency generation in AlGaAs waveguides

Author

Yoo, S.J.B.

Author_Institution

331 Newman Springs Rd., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 Sep 1998

Firstpage

653

Abstract

We discuss device, system, and network application aspects of DFG wavelength conversion in AlGaAs waveguides. Polarisation-independent, simultaneous conversion of 2.5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s channels, and the parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect architecture will also be presented

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; optical waveguides; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; AlGaAs; AlGaAs waveguides; DFG wavelength conversion; difference-frequency generation; network application; parametric wavelength interchanging cross-connect architecture; polarisation independent multi-channel multi-format wavelength conversion; Content management; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Intelligent networks; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Springs; Tellurium; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

84-89900-14-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.1998.732763

Filename

732763