Hybridization platform assembly and demonstration of all-optical wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1852-1859

  Armstrong, I ^a   Andonovic, I ^a   Kelly, A E ^b   Bonthron, S ^c   Bebbington, J ^c   Michie, C ^c   Tombling, C ^c   Fasham, S ^c   Johnstone, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Industrial Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All optical wavelength conversion; Frequency conversion; Hybrid integrated circuits; Optical communication; Optical device fabrication; Optical planar waveguide components; Optical signal regeneration; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; OPTICAL REGENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 20344385274     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.846900     Document Type: Article

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