Polarization- and interval-independent wavelength conversion at 2.5 Gb/s by means of bidirectional four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 12 (7) , 852-854
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.853524
Abstract
We report interval-polarization-independent wavelength conversion at 2.5 Gb/s using four-wave mixing in a single semiconductor optical amplifier. These results have been obtained with a dual-pump configuration in a bidirectional geometry. Bit-error-rate (BER) curves are reported for a conversion shifts of -1 and +1 THz. The signal polarization was automatically scrambled during the BER measurement. The penalty with respect to the back-to-back line is 2.4 and 1.6 dB, respectively.Keywords
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