Title :
Optical routing characteristics of wavelength switched probe light from super-structure-grating DBR laser and cross-gain modulation in SOA
Author :
Uenohara, H. ; Seki, T.
Author_Institution :
Microsystem Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Precision & Intelligence Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical routing characteristics of the optical routing systems consisting of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as a wavelength converter, a super-structure-grating DBR laser as a probe light source, and an arrayed-waveguide-grating as an output routing component are investigated. Wavelength conversion signals switched between two ITU-T grids of the AWG are observed. Routing time of less than 5 ns and the emergence of clear eye opening of less than 2 ns have been achieved.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser beam applications; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; 2 as; 5 ns; ITU-T grids; SOA; arrayed-waveguide-grating; cross-gain modulation; high capacity optical transmission systems; laser probe light source; optical data routing systems; optical routing characteristics; output routing component; semiconductor optical amplifier; super-structure-grating DBR laser; ultrafast optical transmission systems; wavelength converter; wavelength switched probe light;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021024
