Wavelength conversion techniques and devices

Author

Danielsen, Soren L. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Kloch, A. ; Stubkjaer, K.E.

Author_Institution

Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

94

Abstract

Taking into account the requirements to the converters e.g., bit rate transparency (at least up to 10 Gbit/s), polarisation independence, wavelength independence, moderate input power levels, high signal-to-noise ratio and high extinction ratio interferometric wavelength convertors are very interesting for use in WDM optical fibre networks. However, the perfect converter has probably not yet been fabricated and new techniques such as conversion relying on cross-absorption modulation in electro-absorption modulators might also be considered in pursue of effective conversion devices

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Michelson interferometers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical noise; photonic switching systems; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM optical fibre networks; bit rate transparency; cross-absorption modulation; effective wavelength conversion devices; electro-absorption modulators; high extinction ratio; high signal-to-noise ratio; interferometric wavelength convertors; moderate input power levels; polarisation independence; wavelength conversion techniques; wavelength independence; Bit rate; Extinction ratio; Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks; Wavelength converters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630534

Filename

630534