20 Gbit/s all-optical regeneration and wavelength conversion using SOA based interferometers

Author

Raybon, G. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Dreyer, K. ; Boivin, L. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Burrus, C.A.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

27

Abstract

A novel optical translator that can perform 3R-regeneration and wavelength conversion of high-speed return-to-zero signals is demonstrated at 20 Gbit/s. Efficient retiming and bit-error-rate performance is measured using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical frequency conversion; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; 3R-regeneration; Gbit/s all-optical regeneration; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA based interferometers; bit-error-rate performance; high-speed return-to-zero signals; integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers; optical translator; retiming; wavelength conversion; Clocks; Delay; Interferometers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.765984

Filename

765984