Title :
Experimental evaluation of a packaged SOI hybrid all-optical wavelength converter in a meshed network test-bed
Author :
Stamatiadis, Christos ; Pagano, Annachiara ; Kalavrouziotis, D. ; Morro, Roberto ; Riccardi, Emilio ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Voigt, K. ; Preve, Giovan B. ; Moerl, L. ; Kreissl, Jochen ; Landles, K. ; Duffy, S. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Petermann,
Author_Institution :
Joint Lab. Silicon Photonics HFT4, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate data transmission and switching using a packaged and pigtailed all-optical wavelength converter. The module employs a hybrid integrated SOA and two cascaded delay-interferometers on a 4μm SOI. We present wavelength routing with power penalties less than 5dB.
Keywords :
light interferometers; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; cascaded delay interferometers; data transmission; hybrid integrated SOA; meshed network test bed; packaged SOI hybrid all optical wavelength converter; pigtailed all optical wavelength converter; size 4 mum; wavelength routing; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
