Title :
All-optical 2R regeneration and wavelength conversion at 10Gb/s using a single bistable DFB laser diode
Author :
Huybrechts, K. ; Ali, A. ; Morthier, G.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We report on optical 2R regeneration and wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s using a single bistable DFB laser diode.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; optical bistability; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; all-optical 2R regeneration; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; extinction ratio; signal reamplification; single bistable DFB laser diode; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Diode lasers; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Optical attenuators; Optical bistability; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; 2R regeneration; DFB; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307839