DocumentCode
386112
Title
Experimental characterisation of wavelength conversion at 40Gb/s based on electroabsorption modulators
Author
Xu, L. ; Oxenlowe, Leif K. ; Chi, N. ; Mork, Jesper ; Jeppesen, P. ; Hoppe, K. ; Hanberg, J.
Author_Institution
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
111
Abstract
The optimum operation point for high-speed wavelength conversion in electroabsorption modulators is investigated with respect to conversion efficiency and wavelength chirp. In particular, pump power, reverse bias and probe wavelength are found to be important operation parameters.
Keywords
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; optimisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; conversion efficiency; electroabsorption modulators; high-speed wavelength conversion; operation parameters; optimum operation; probe wavelength; pump power; reverse bias; wavelength chirp; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Chirp modulation; Erbium; Laser excitation; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7500-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133943
Filename
1133943
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