Finely tunable 10-Gb/s signal wavelength conversion from 1530 to 1560-nm region using a super structure grating distributed Bragg reflector laser

Author

Yasaka, Hiroshi ; Sanjoh, Hiroaki ; Ishii, Hiroyulu ; Yoshikuni, Yuzo ; Oe, Kunishige

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

764

Lastpage

766

Abstract

Finely tunable wavelength conversion of a 10-Gb/s signal is demonstrated to wavelengths ranged from 1530 to 1560 nm with spacings of 0.5 nm and accuracy of /spl plusmn/0.05 nm, where the Er/sup 3+/ doped optical fiber amplifier has optical gain, by using a super structure grating distributed Bragg reflector laser. Transmission of a wavelength-converted 10-Gb/s signal within the entire target wavelength range over a 100-km optical fiber is also demonstrated using a dispersion-shifted optical fiber.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 100 km; 1530 to 1560 nm; DBR laser; Er/sup 3+/ doped optical fiber amplifier; Gb/s signal wavelength conversion; WDM; dispersion-shifted optical fiber; entire target wavelength range; finely tunable; km optical fiber; optical communications; optical frequency conversion; optical gain; super structure grating distributed Bragg reflector laser; Bragg gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502087

Filename

502087