Linearity performance of a signal up-conversion by using cross-phase-modulation in all-optical SOA-MZI wavelength converter

Author

Song, Ho-Jin ; Lee, Jeong Seon ; Song, Jong-In

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Kwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1007

Abstract

In this work, we report on a signal up-conversion by using an semiconductor optical amplifier- Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) wavelength converter based on a cross phase modulation (XPM) effect in SOA. This scheme shows not only a high conversion efficiency and an immunity to polarization but also a good linearity and a low input optical power requirement.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer wavelength converter; SOA-MZI; conversion efficiency; cross-phase-modulation; input optical power requirement; polarization; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal up-conversion linearity performance; Linearity; Millimeter wave technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253148

Filename

1253148