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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528070
