Title :
Cascadability improvement of a cross-gain modulation wavelength converter using a grating based optical add/drop multiplexer
Author :
Xueyan Zheng ; Fenghai Liu
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
By adding a grating based optical add/drop multiplexer, the maximum cascaded number of a cross-gain modulation based wavelength converter is improved from two to six rounds in a loop experiment at 10 Gb/s due to the improved high frequency response of the converter.
Keywords :
Diffraction gratings; Multiplexing equipment; Optical communication equipment; Optical wavelength conversion; 10 Gbit/s; cascadability improvement; cross-gain modulation wavelength converter; grating based optical add/drop multiplexer; high frequency response; loop experiment; maximum cascaded number; Gratings; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transfer functions; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868375
