Title :
Experimental Study of the Impact of Input Signal Suppression on the Performance of a Cascaded SOA-MZI Wavelength Converter
Author :
Joseph A. Summers;Milan L. Macanovic;Vikrant Lal;Daniel J. Blumenthal
Author_Institution :
ECE Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560 USA
Abstract :
We study the impact of input signal suppression on the performance of a two-stage cascaded SOA-based wavelength converter. Error-free operation at 2.5 Gbps is shown for suppression as small as 6.5 dB.
Keywords :
"Source separation","Probes","Error-free operation","Photonic integrated circuits","Tunable circuits and devices","Quantum cascade lasers","Laser stability","Wavelength conversion","Degradation","Optical signal processing"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300794
