Demonstration of packet-by-packet wavelength conversion from FP-LD light to ITU-T grid wavelengths

Author

Sato, R. ; Ito, T. ; Magar, K. ; Okada, A. ; Oguma, M. ; Suzaki, Y. ; Himeno, A. ; Ishihara, N.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

13

Issue

6

fYear

2001

fDate

6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

612

Lastpage

614

Abstract

We demonstrated packet-by-packet wavelength conversion from Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) light to four ITU-T grid wavelengths. To achieve this we used a cross-phase modulation (XPM) wavelength converter and an arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) router. Good feasibility was obtained at 2.5-Gb/s modulation. Selective wavelength conversion as described here is indispensable for the all-optical networks of future, in which optical signal sources without wavelength control will be used at user-end terminals.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; diffraction gratings; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical waveguide components; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; AWG router; FP-LD light; Fabry-Perot laser diode light; ITU-T grid wavelengths; XPM wavelength converter; all-optical networks; arrayed-waveguide grating router; cross-phase modulation wavelength converter; packet-by-packet wavelength conversion; selective wavelength conversion; user-end terminals; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Diode lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.924040

Filename

924040