Low-penalty 10 Gbit/s operation of polarization-insensitive Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters based on bulk-tensile active material

Author

Janz, C. ; Lavigne, Bruno ; Poingt, F. ; Guillemot, I. ; Gaborit, F. ; Dagens, B. ; Chiaroni, D. ; Renaud, Martin

Author_Institution

Corp. Res. Centre, Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Summary form only given. Interferometric structures based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) have emerged as promising candidates for all-optical wavelength conversion applications, because they can deliver strong extinction ratio enhancement for both wavelength down- and up-conversion. Here we believe we report the first demonstration of nearly penalty-free 10 Gbit/s wavelength conversion using all-active bulk-tensile Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters.

Keywords

semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; all-active bulk-tensile Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters; all-optical wavelength conversion applications; bulk-tensile active material; interferometric structures; low-penalty Gbit/s operation; nearly penalty-free Gbit/s wavelength conversion; polarization-insensitive Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; strong extinction ratio enhancement; wavelength down-conversion; wavelength up-conversion; Bit error rate; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657244

Filename

657244