Title :
80 Gb/s multicast wavelength conversion by XGM in a QD-SOA
Author :
Contestabile, G. ; Maruta, A. ; Sekiguchi, S. ; Morito, K. ; Sugawara, M. ; Kitayama, K.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
We report effective all-optical multicast wavelength conversion exploiting cross gain modulation (XGM) in a QD-SOA. 80 Gb/s multi-conversion on four 400 GHz spaced wavelengths is demonstrated with moderate Q2 factor penalty.
Keywords :
amplification; modulation; multicast communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength assignment; QD-SOA; XGM; all-optical multicast wavelength conversion; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; cross gain modulation; frequency 400 GHz; Gain; Noise; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621527