Monolithically integrated 40-gb/s switchable wavelength converter

Author

Bernasconi, Pietro ; Zhang, Liming ; Yang, Weiguo ; Sauer, Nicholas ; Buhl, Lawrence L. ; Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Kang, Inuk ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Neilson, David T.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

24

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

76

Abstract

An all-optical switchable wavelength-converting module at 40 Gb/s line rate is demonstrated in a fully integrated InP chip. The device combines a semiconductor optical amplifier-based wavelength converter and a fast-tunable multifrequency laser. Sub-nanosecond switching among the eight channels of the integrated laser is shown, and error-free operation of the wavelength conversion process at 40 Gb/s for each wavelength is demonstrated. The applications of fast switching wavelength conversion for optical switching and packet routing are discussed.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre communication; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; 40 Gbit/s; InP; error-free operation; fast-tunable multifrequency laser; fully integrated InP chip; integrated laser; monolithically integration; optical switching; packet routing; semiconductor optical amplifier; subnanosecond switching; switchable wavelength-converting module; wavelength conversion process; wavelength converter; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; nonlinear optics; optical interconnections; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.860480

Filename

1589035