All-optical Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter with monolithically integrated DFB probe source

Author

Spiekman, L.H. ; Koren, U. ; Chien, M.D. ; Miller, B.I. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Perino, J.S.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

9

Issue

10

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1349

Lastpage

1351

Abstract

The first interferometric wavelength converter with an integrated continuous-wave (CW) probe source is presented. The two-port device operates independent of polarization for a broad range of input wavelengths. The input dynamic range is enhanced by an integrated input preamplifier. Input powers as low as -5.4 dBm in the fiber are converted with penalties as low as 0.6 dB at a bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s. The device is shown to operate with the same low penalty for same-wavelength operation as well. The chirp parameter /spl alpha/ is measured to be 2 for wavelength conversion. No chirp is added to the input signal for same-wavelength operation.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; preamplifiers; quantum well lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; InGaAsP; MQW active layers; all-optical Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter; bit rate; chirp parameter; fiber; input dynamic range; input powers; input wavelengths; integrated continuous-wave probe source; integrated input preamplifier; interferometric wavelength converter; low penalty; monolithically integrated DFB probe source; same-wavelength operation; semiconductor optical amplifier; two-port device; wavelength conversion; Chirp; Dynamic range; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Preamplifiers; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.623259

Filename

623259