Single and multicast wavelength conversion at 40 Gb/s by means of fast nonlinear polarization switching in an SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2652-2654

  Contestabile, Giampiero ^a,b   Calabretta, Nicola ^a,b   Presi, Marco ^b,c   Ciaramella, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

All optical wavelength conversion; Multicasting; Nonlinear polarization switching (NPS); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTICASTING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PACKET NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION SWITCHING (NPS); SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 29244463309     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859146     Document Type: Article

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