Novel Technique for All-Optical Wavelength Conversion of RZ Pulses: Penalty-Free Operation at 40 Gbit/s over the entire EDFA Window using a Monolithically Integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

R. Hess,M. Dulk,W. Vogt,E. Gamper,E. Gini,P.A. Besse,H. Melchior,B. Mikkelsen,K.S. Jepsen,M. Vaa,Henrik N. Poulsen,K.E. Stubkjaer,S. Bouchoule,F. Devaux

Novel Technique for All-Optical Wavelength Conversion of RZ Pulses: Penalty-Free Operation at 40 Gbit/s over the entire EDFA Window using a Monolithically Integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

1997

R. Hess
M. Dulk
W. Vogt
E. Gamper
E. Gini
P.A. Besse
H. Melchior
B. Mikkelsen
K.S. Jepsen
M. Vaa
Henrik N. Poulsen
K.E. Stubkjaer
S. Bouchoule
F. Devaux

A novel all-optical wavelength conversion technique that provides RZ output signals is presented. Up- and down- conversion at 40 Gbit/s over 30 nm with a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer is demonstrated for the first time.

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Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Gigabit
Optical amplifier
Semiconductor
Electronic engineering
Wavelength
Physics
Optics
wavelength conversion
Bit error rate
Materials science
Interferometry
Cross-phase modulation

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