Title :
10 Gb/s photocurrent driven, widely tunable electroaborption modulator based wavelength converter
Author :
Sysak, Matthew N. ; Barton, Jonathon S. ; Raring, James W. ; Dummer, Matthew ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Blumenthal, Daniel J. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
An electroabsorption modulator based photocurrent driven wavelength converter has been fabricated and characterized. Bit error rate measurements at 10 Gb/s show less than 2.5 dB power penalty over 30 nm with 10 dB extinction and input fiber-coupled power less than 2 mW
Keywords :
electroabsorption; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; 10 Gbit/s; 10 dB; bit error rate measurements; photocurrent driven wavelength converter; wavelength converter; widely tunable electroabsorption modulator; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192662
