DocumentCode
823050
Title
All-optical wavelength conversion with multicasting at 6×10 Gbit/s using electroabsorption modulator
Author
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Volume
39
Issue
19
fYear
2003
Firstpage
1395
Lastpage
1397
Abstract
All-optical wavelength conversion with multicasting has been demonstrated with a single electroabsorption modulator based on cross-absorption modulation. It is shown that the input signal wavelength can simultaneously convert to six different wavelengths at 10 Gbit/s, and the relation between the power penalty and the number of simultaneously operating channels is investigated.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; multicast communication; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-absorption modulation; electroabsorption modulator; multicasting; power penalty; simultaneously operating channels;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030882
Filename
1244164
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