DocumentCode
1279083
Title
Broad-band polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s
Author
Contestabile, G. ; D´Ottavi, A. ; Martelli, Faustino ; Spano, P. ; Eckner, J.
Author_Institution
Opto Speed Italia, Rome, Italy
Volume
14
Issue
5
fYear
2002
fDate
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
666
Lastpage
668
Abstract
In this letter, we use four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers to obtain wavelength conversion of data stream at 10 Gb/s. The wavelength conversion is made independent of polarization and conversion shift by means of a polarization diversity scheme with the use of two pumps proposed in a previous work of ours. The penalty measured is of about 1.2 dB.
Keywords
light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; broadband polarization-insensitive conversion; four-wave mixing; optical communication; orthogonally polarized pumps; polarization beam splitter; polarization diversity scheme; randomly polarized data stream; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength conversion; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.998719
Filename
998719
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