DocumentCode
355224
Title
Wavelength conversion of 60-channel QPSK data using cross-gain compression in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author
Perino, J.S. ; Woodward, Sheryl L. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M.
Author_Institution
Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage
485
Lastpage
486
Abstract
Summary form only given. We have demonstrated wavelength conversion of 60 QPSK channels from 1555 nm to 1520 nm via cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier. There is a tradeoff between conversion efficiency and distortion, as evidenced by BER floors from nonlinearities when higher input signal powers were used to improve the output optical modulation depth.
Keywords
optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; BER; conversion efficiency; cross-gain compression; distortion; multi-channel QPSK data; nonlinearity; optical modulation depth; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; Chirp; Extinction ratio; Optical amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Probes; Quadrature phase shift keying; Signal analysis; Signal restoration;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-443-2
Type
conf
Filename
864961
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