• DocumentCode
    3519487
  • Title

    Wavelength-Retaining 1 ?? 2 Optical Router for DPSK Signal Using Nonlinear Polarization Rotation in a SOA

  • Author

    Cheng, Andrew ; Fok, Mable P. ; Shu, Chester

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Center for Adv. Res. in Photonics, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a wavelength-retaining optical switch for DPSK signal using nonlinear polarization rotation in a SOA. The bit-rate transparent 1x2 optical router operates over 20 nm with a power penalty less than 3 dB.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; laser beams; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; DPSK signal; SOA; nonlinear polarization rotation; power penalty; wavelength-retaining optical router; wavelength-retaining optical switch; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528070
  • Filename
    4528070