• 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