An all-optical wavelength-converter with semiconductor optical amplifiers monolithically integrated in an asymmetric passive Mach-Zehnder interferometer

An all-optical wavelength-converter with semiconductor optical amplifiers monolithically integrated in an asymmetric passive Mach-Zehnder interferometer

An all-optical wavelength-converter based on monolithic integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers was demonstrated. This device exhibited high stability, penalty-free conversion at 5 Gbit/s (at a BER of 10/sup 9/), no-excess penalty after a transmis...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 1995-09, Vol.7 (9), p.992-994
Hauptverfasser: Ratovelomanana, F., Vodjdani, N., Enard, A., Glastre, G., Rondi, D., Blondeau, R., Joergensen, C., Durhuus, T., Mikkelsen, B., Stubkjaer, K.E., Jourdan, A., Soulage, G.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bit error rate
Optical fiber polarization
Optical filters
Optical interferometry
Optical saturation
Optical sensors
Optical waveguides
Optical wavelength conversion
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Stability
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Zusammenfassung:An all-optical wavelength-converter based on monolithic integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers was demonstrated. This device exhibited high stability, penalty-free conversion at 5 Gbit/s (at a BER of 10/sup 9/), no-excess penalty after a transmission over 60 km on standard fiber, and low signal-polarization dependency. The device operated in a 26-nm-wide optical window.< >
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.414679