ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AT BIT RATES ABOVE 10 GB S USING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS/

Authors
JOERGENSEN C DANIELSEN SL STUBKJAER KE SCHILLING M DAUB K DOUSSIERE P POMMERAU F HANSEN PB POULSEN HN KLOCH A VAA M MIKKELSEN B LACH E LAUBE G IDLER W WUNSTEL K
Citation
C. Joergensen et al., ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AT BIT RATES ABOVE 10 GB S USING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS/, IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, 3(5), 1997, pp. 1168-1180
Citations number
56
Journal title
IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1077260X
Volume
3
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1168 - 1180
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-260X(1997)3:5<1168:AWCABR>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This work assesses the prospects for high-speed all-optical wavelength conversion using the simple optical interaction with the gain in semi conductor optical amplifiers (SOA's) via the interband carrier recombi nation, Operation and design guidelines for conversion speeds above 10 Gb/s are described and the various tradeoffs are discussed. Experimen ts at bit rates up to 40 Gb/s are presented for both cross-gain modula tion (XGM) and cross-phase modulation (XPM) in SOA's demonstrating the high-speed capability of these techniques.