Title :
Wavelength converting optical switch
Author_Institution :
Poznan Univ. of Technol., Poznan, Poland
Abstract :
The paper is devoted to the investigation of a fiber optic switch using a wavelength converter and an arrayed waveguide grating DWDM multiplexer. The principle of operation and a setup of a photonic part of the switch were presented. In the investigated switch, selection of a given optical output depends on the wavelength of operation of a tunable CW laser. The research of switch components properties (AWG multiplexer and wavelength converter basing on cross gain modulation effect in nonlinear SOA) was carried out. Simulations and measurements results of the optical switch for the signal at 2.488 Gbps bit rate were presented.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; laser tuning; multiplexing equipment; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG multiplexer; DWDM multiplexer; arrayed waveguide grating; bit rate 2.488 Gbit/s; cross gain modulation effect; fiber optic switch; tunable CW laser; wavelength converter; wavelength converting optical switch; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical beams; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; cross gain modulation; fiber optic switch; nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193520
