• DocumentCode
    1331935
  • Title

    Bit error rate assessment of 40 Gbit/s all-optical polarisation independent wavelength converter

  • Author

    Danielsen, S.L. ; Vaa, M. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Stubkjaer, Kristian E ; Doussiere, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ., Lyngby
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    8/29/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1688
  • Abstract
    Penalties of only 1.5 dB are measured for 40 Gbit/s polarisation independent wavelength conversion by cross-gain modulation in new, speed-optimised semiconductor optical amplifiers. The excellent performance is achieved using moderate optical input power levels of 5 dBm
  • Keywords
    digital communication; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; WDM; bit error rate assessment; cross-gain modulation; optical fibre networks; optical input power levels; polarisation independent wavelength converter; speed-optimised semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19961124
  • Filename
    533387