Title :
Regenerative Properties of 10 Gb/s SOA-DI Wavelength Converter With Practical Pulse Widths
Author :
Na Young Kim ; Cartledge, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The regenerative properties are investigated for a wavelength converter designed for practical pulse widths. It is better able to cope with a reduction in the optical signal-to-noise ratio than waveform distortion due to residual dispersion.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; delay interferometer; fiber optic communications; optical signal-to-noise ratio; practical pulse widths; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength conversion devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Pulse width modulation converters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528722
