Title :
Efficient regenerative wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s over C and L-band (80 nm span) using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Dülk, M. ; Fischer, St. ; Gamper, E. ; Vogt, W. ; Gini, E. ; Melchior, H. ; Hunziker, W. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Clausen, A.T. ; Buxens, A. ; Jeppesen, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A demonstration is presented of 10 Gbit/s 2R regenerative wavelength up- and down-conversion within the C-band as well as up-conversion to the L-band using a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer module with semiconductor optical amplifiers (MZI-SOAs). The converted output signals exhibit very low noise and chirp which is accompanied by a negative power penalty
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; C-band; L-band; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; chirp; down-conversion; monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers; negative power penalty; regenerative wavelength conversion; up-conversion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000234
