Design optimization of all-active Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters

Author

Dagens, B. ; Janz, C. ; Leclerc, D. ; Verdrager, V. ; Poingt, F. ; Guillemot, I. ; Gaborit, F. ; Ottenwälder, D.

Author_Institution

OPTO, Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

424

Lastpage

426

Abstract

An integrated all-active Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter, optimized for 10-Gb/s counterpropagative operation, is described. The various active sections of the device were separately designed, taking into account their required functions as well as the constraints imposed by the all-active integration. The resulting optimizations are discussed, and the predicted performance parameters confirmed by experimental results.

Keywords

adaptive optics; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical frequency conversion; optimisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s counterpropagative operation; active sections; all-active Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter design; all-active integration; design optimization; integrated all-active Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter; optimization; performance parameters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Design optimization; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.752536

Filename

752536