10 Gb/s wavelength conversion with integrated multiquantum-well-based 3-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer

10 Gb/s wavelength conversion with integrated multiquantum-well-based 3-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer

All-optical wavelength conversion of 10 Gb/s data with simultaneous regeneration of the extinction ratio is achieved by means of a monolithic 3-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The reported devices are based on an all active multiquantum-well waveguide structure with optical amplifiers in the input...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 1996-09, Vol.8 (9), p.1163-1165
Hauptverfasser: Idler, W., Daub, K., Laube, G., Schilling, M., Wiedemann, P., Dutting, K., Klenk, M., Lach, E., Wunstel, K.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Extinction ratio
Nonlinear optics
Optical devices
Optical filters
Optical interferometry
Optical modulation
Optical waveguides
Optical wavelength conversion
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Stimulated emission
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Zusammenfassung:All-optical wavelength conversion of 10 Gb/s data with simultaneous regeneration of the extinction ratio is achieved by means of a monolithic 3-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The reported devices are based on an all active multiquantum-well waveguide structure with optical amplifiers in the input/output gates. Wavelength conversion is realized by optical cross-phase modulation in a counter propagative operation mode without applying an optical filter. The 3-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer can provide either inversion or noninversion of wavelength converted 10 Gb/s data.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.531823