Title :
Demonstration of bireffingence in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion
Author :
Guo, L.Q. ; Connelly, M.J.
Abstract :
Birefringence effects in an InCaAsP/InP tensile-strained bulk semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) are demonstrated. Alloptical wavelength conversions based on birefringence induced polarization rotation in SOAs are investigated. It is shown that a bit error rate of can be achieved and an extinction of >9dB can be obtained at a bit rate of 2.488 Ggit/s with a 231-l non-return-to-zero (NRZ) pseudorandom hit sequence (PRBS).
Keywords :
Application software; Birefringence; Bit rate; Extinction ratio; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Measurements, 2004. Technical Digest: Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-886843-37-6
DOI :
10.1109/SOFM.2004.183499