Effect of operational parameters and their interplay in differential cross-phase-modulation wavelength converters

Author

Kumar, S. ; Zhang, B. ; Pakbaznia, E. ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

DXPM wavelength-converters are analyzed via simulations to quantify sensitivity to device parameters. 0.2 rad phase-drift causes 3-dB power-penalty. Optimal operating conditions are shown to depend on input signal parameters pointing to the requirement of adaptive optimization.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; SOAs; adaptive optimization; differential cross-phase-modulation; operational parameters; optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength converter; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627876

Filename

4627876