Title :
Accumulation of jitter in cascaded wavelength converters based on semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Kloch, A. ; Stubkjaer, K.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. Syst., Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Timing jitter accumulated by cascading wavelength converters is investigated. A trade-off between minimum jitter and a high extinction ratio is identified. We predict that 20 converters cascaded at 10 Gbit/s yields <20 ps of jitter and an extinction ratio >9.6 dB.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; cascaded wavelength converter jitter; extinction ratio; high extinction ratio; minimum jitter; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter accumulation; Charge carrier density; Extinction ratio; Jitter; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Telephony; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.765986
