Polarization-independent wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

89

Abstract

A high-extinction-ratio all-optical wavelength converter using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier was demonstrated. The extinction ratio of the data-bearing wavelength-converted signal was improved by 9 dB compared to that of the input signal. The polarization change of the probe light in the presence of the input signal was measured. Bit error rate measurements at 10 Gb/s were performed and a power penalty of 2 dB was observed for the wavelength converter. The polarization sensitivity of the wavelength converter was 0.75 dB.

Keywords

birefringence; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sensitivity; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; birefringence switching; data bearing wavelength-converted signal; error rate measurements; extinction ratio; high-extinction-ratio all-optical wavelength converter; input signal; polarization change; polarization sensitivity; polarization-independent wavelength conversion; probe light; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength converter; Birefringence; Bit error rate; Extinction ratio; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance evaluation; Power measurement; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805782

Filename

1159071