An all-optical wavelength-converter with semiconductor optical amplifiers monolithically integrated in an asymmetric passive Mach-Zehnder interferometer
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 7 (9) , 992-994
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.414679
Abstract
An all-optical wavelength-converter based on monolithic integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers was demonstrated. This device exhibited high stability, penalty-free conversion at 5 Gbit/s (at a BER of 10/sup 9/), no-excess penalty after a transmission over 60 km on standard fiber, and low signal-polarization dependency. The device operated in a 26-nm-wide optical window.Keywords
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