A POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT AND CONTRAST-RATIO-ENHANCING MODULE FOR ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING USING SOAS

Authors
SHIEH W HUANG SH WILLNER AE
Citation
W. Shieh et al., A POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT AND CONTRAST-RATIO-ENHANCING MODULE FOR ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING USING SOAS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(4), 1996, pp. 533-535
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
533 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:4<533:APACMF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We demonstrate a polarization-independent and contrast-ratio-enhancing all-optical wavelength shifting module using polarization-dependent S OA's, When comparing our robust module to a single polarization-depend ent SOA wavelength shifter, we reduce the polarization dependence from 3.5-0.5 dB and the contrast-ratio-induced power penalty from 5-1.5 dB when upshifting over 19 mm at 1 Gb/s.