• DocumentCode
    2011733
  • Title

    All-optical DPSK wavelength converter based on MZI with integrated SOAs and phase shifters

  • Author

    Sartorius, B. ; Bornholdt, C. ; Slovak, J. ; Schlak, M. ; Schmidt, Ch. ; Marculescu, A. ; Vorreau, P. ; Tsadka, S. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    An integrated MZI-SOA device is developed for all-optical wavelength conversion of DPSK signals. The functionality is investigated close to 40 Gb/s and error free operation with less then 1 dB penalty is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; DPSK; MZI; SOA; all-optical wavelength converter; phase shifter; Amplitude shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shifters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215643
  • Filename
    1636674