Title :
Enhanced performance of a Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter using a fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Mahgerefteh, Daniel ; Cho, Pak S. ; Spiekman, Leo H. ; Wiesenfeld, Jay M. ; Koren, Uziel ; Miller, Barry I. ; Chien, Ming-Deh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We use a fiber Bragg grating filter to reduce inter-symbol interference in an integrated Mach-Zehnder semiconductor optical amplifier wavelength converter. The grating filter reduced the conversion power penalty by 3.5 dB at 5 Gb/s
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; intersymbol interference; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 5 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter; conversion power penalty; fiber Bragg grating; grating filter; inter-symbol interference; intergrated Mach-Zehnder semiconductor optical amplifier wavelength converter; Band pass filters; Gratings; Optical feedback; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732768
