SIMPLE WAVELENGTH CONVERTER USING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR DIRECTLY DRIVEN BY A UNITRAVELLING-CARRIER PHOTODIODE

Authors
YONEYAMA H MIYAMOTO Y SHIMIZU N HAGIMOTO K ISHIBASHI T
Citation
H. Yoneyama et al., SIMPLE WAVELENGTH CONVERTER USING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR DIRECTLY DRIVEN BY A UNITRAVELLING-CARRIER PHOTODIODE, Electronics Letters, 34(23), 1998, pp. 2244-2245
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2244 - 2245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:23<2244:SWCUAO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A simple wavelength converter is proposed in which the optical modulat or is directly driven by a high-speed and high-output current photodio de. The converter is capable of 10Gbit/s operation with a wavelength c onversion range from 1.53 to 1.56 mu m.