Hybridization platform assembly and demonstration of all-optical wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s

Author

Armstrong, I. ; Andonovic, I. ; Kelly, A.E. ; Bonthron, S. ; Bebbington, J. ; Michie, C. ; Tombling, C. ; Fasham, S. ; Johnstone, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Volume

23

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1852

Lastpage

1859

Abstract

The development of a high-performance hybrid integration platform is demonstrated using an all-optical wavelength converter based on an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). The device structure, transfer functions, power penalties and regenerative properties are presented for data rates up to 10 Gb/s.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; hybrid integrated circuits; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre communication; optical transfer function; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical wavelength conversion; all-optical wavelength converter; device structure; hybrid integration platform; hybridization platform assembly; integrated semiconductor optical amplifier; power penalties; regenerative properties; transfer function; Assembly; Etching; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; All-optical wavelength conversion; frequency conversion; hybrid integrated circuits; optical communication; optical device fabrication; optical planar waveguide components; optical signal regeneration; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.846900

Filename

1430781