Title :
Polarization insensitive all-optical wavelength converter using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
Polarization insensitive wavelength conversion using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier has been demonstrated at 10 Gb/s bit-rate. The polarization changes of the probe light in the presence of the input signal are measured.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; birefringence switching; input signal; nonlinear switching devices; polarization diversity scheme; polarization insensitive all-optical wavelength converter; probe light polarization changes; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal regeneration; very high extinction ratio; Birefringence; Distributed feedback devices; Extinction ratio; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159462
