Error-free all-optical wavelength conversion at 160 Gb/s using a semiconductor optical amplifier and an optical bandpass filter

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Tangdiongga, E ^b   Li, Z ^b   Zhang, Shaoxian ^b   De Waardt, Huug ^b   Khoe, G D ^a,b   Dorren, H J S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

All optical switch; Nonlinear optics; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Ultrafast; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTERS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33747787974     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.861136     Document Type: Article

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