All-optical 1300-nm to 1550-nm wavelength conversion using cross-phase modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

All-optical 1300-nm to 1550-nm wavelength converters may be important components in lightwave networks which use both the 1300-nm and the 1550-nm low-loss transmission windows of silica optical fiber. We describe a new all-optical 1300-nm to 1550-nm wavelength converter, based on cross-phase modulat...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 8; no. 7; pp. 885 - 887
Main Authors Lacey, J.P.R., Pendock, G.J., Tucker, R.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.1996
Subjects
Fiber nonlinear optics
High speed optical techniques
Nonlinear optics
Optical devices
Optical fiber networks
Optical fibers
Optical modulation
Optical wavelength conversion
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Silicon compounds
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Summary:All-optical 1300-nm to 1550-nm wavelength converters may be important components in lightwave networks which use both the 1300-nm and the 1550-nm low-loss transmission windows of silica optical fiber. We describe a new all-optical 1300-nm to 1550-nm wavelength converter, based on cross-phase modulation in a 1300-nm semiconductor optical amplifier. We demonstrate operation of the wavelength converter at 1.25 Gb/s, and present bit-error rate measurements. The wavelength converter demonstrated here potentially operates at high speed, with low input power and low polarization-sensitivity.
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ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.502259