Title :
High extinction ratio wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s using birefringence switching in semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-optical wavelength conversion using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier is demonstrated. The switched signal has an extinction ratio of ~30 dB. A bit error rate of <10-9 was achieved and a power penalty of 2.5 dB was obtained for a 10 Gbit/s signal
Keywords :
birefringence; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; birefringence switching; bit error rate; extinction ratio; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020637
