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
fDate :
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
