Wavelength conversion, regeneration and tone manipulation using integrated semiconductor lasers and amplifiers

Author

Stephens, M.F.C. ; Penty, S.V. ; White, L.H. ; Fice, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

1287

Abstract

Wavelength conversion has been shown to provide an essential flexibility for managing an efficient, reconfigurable wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network. An integrated SOA/DFB laser has shown promise as a simple all-optical wavelength conversion device together with useful simultaneous functions such as 2R regeneration and the ability to remove a wavelength identifying tone. Wavelength conversion performance at 20Gb/s and 40Gb/s will also be presented at the conference, in addition to a review of the current field.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; 2R regeneration; 40 Gbit/s; WDM network; all-optical wavelength conversion device; integrated SOA/DFB laser; integrated semiconductor lasers; optical regeneration; optical wavelength conversion; reconfigurable wavelength division multiplexed network; review; semiconductor laser amplifiers; tone manipulation; wavelength conversion performance; wavelength identifying tone; Degradation; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814778

Filename

814778