ALL-OPTICAL TDM TO WDM CONVERSION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER

Authors
SUMMERFIELD MA LACEY JPR LOWERY AJ TUCKER RS
Citation
Ma. Summerfield et al., ALL-OPTICAL TDM TO WDM CONVERSION IN A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, Electronics Letters, 30(3), 1994, pp. 255-256
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
255 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:3<255:ATTWCI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The authors report the first demonstration of all-optical time divisio n multiplexing (TDM) to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) convers ion based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier. A 700 Mbit/s TDM bit stream at one wavelength has been converted to two 350 Mbit/s WDM bit streams at two wavelengths spaced by 4 nm. Observed bit error rates are less than 10(-9).