Title :
Spectral chirping suppressed wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s using cross gain modulation in semiconductor optical amplifier with injection of counter-propagating assist light
Author :
Yazaki, T. ; Inohara, R. ; Nishimura, K. ; Usami, M. ; Matsumoto, A. ; Utaka, K.
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Lab. Inc., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
XGM based wavelength conversion was investigated using two SOAs with different lengths employing counter-propagating assist light. It was confirmed that the converted signal had a smaller chirp for the shorter SOA.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; SOA; XGM; counter-propagating assist light; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral chirping; wavelength conversion; Acceleration; Bit error rate; Chirp modulation; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382775
