• DocumentCode
    2923077
  • Title

    All-optical format and wavelength conversion using polarization switching in a FP laser diode

  • Author

    Chow, C.W. ; Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10-14 Nov. 2002
  • Firstpage
    629
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-optical data-format and wavelength conversion by polarization switching of a dual-wavelength injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser. Pulse shortening and error-free measurement are obtained. Application to an optical switch is also described.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical pulse compression; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; NRZ to RZ format conversion; all-optical data-format; dual-wavelength injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser; error-free measurement; optical switch; polarization switching; power penalty; pulse shortening; wavelength conversion; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Tellurium; Wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159463
  • Filename
    1159463