Title :
All-Optical Wavelength and Pulsewidth Conversions with a Sagnac Interferometer Semiconductor Based Switch
Author :
Matsuura, Motoharu ; Kishi, Naoto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Electro-Commun. Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
A Sagnac interferometer switch is proposed for all-optical wavelength and pulsewidth conversions. The conversions of 1.5 ps pulsewidth to the range of 1.7-21.7 ps are demonstrated with tunable wavelength in 15 nm bandwidth (1550-1565 nm)
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.5 ps; 1.7 to 21.7 ps; 1550 to 1565 nm; Sagnac interferometer switch; all-optical wavelength conversion; pulsewidth conversion; semiconductor based switch; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
