Title :
Novel all-optical NRZ wavelength conversion employing SOA-based Sagnac interferometer
Author :
Xu, Lei ; Baby, Vaighese ; Glesk, Ivan ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
SOA-based Sagnac interferometers are traditionally regarded as optical RZ signal processing units. We first analyze and demonstrate NRZ wavelength conversion by introducing an interference bias for the Sagnac loop caused by the polarization control.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; Sagnac interferometer; all-optical NRZ wavelength conversion; interference bias; optical RZ signal processing units; polarization control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
