• DocumentCode
    823268
  • Title

    High extinction ratio wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s using birefringence switching in semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Wong, C.S. ; Tsang, H.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    897
  • Lastpage
    898
  • Abstract
    All-optical wavelength conversion using birefringence switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier is demonstrated. The switched signal has an extinction ratio of ~30 dB. A bit error rate of <10-9 was achieved and a power penalty of 2.5 dB was obtained for a 10 Gbit/s signal
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; birefringence switching; bit error rate; extinction ratio; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20020637
  • Filename
    1033835
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=823268