DocumentCode
795411
Title
Regenerative 20 Gbit/s wavelength conversion and demultiplexing using a semiconductor laser amplifier nonlinear loop mirror
Author
Davies, D.A.O. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Sherlock, G.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
31
Issue
12
fYear
1995
fDate
6/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1000
Lastpage
1001
Abstract
A nonlinear loop mirror containing a semiconductor laser amplifier is used to perform all-optical wavelength conversion and demultiplexing at 20 Gbit/s. This technique has a low polarisation sensitivity and offers a regenerative function where jitter in the received data is considerably reduced
Keywords
demultiplexing; jitter; laser mirrors; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; sensitivity; time division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; all-optical wavelength conversion; demultiplexing; jitter; low polarisation sensitivity; received data; regenerative 20 Gbit/s wavelength conversion; regenerative function; semiconductor laser amplifier nonlinear loop mirror;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950671
Filename
390973
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