10 Gbit/s optical wavelength converter with a Brillouin scattering-based spectral filter

Er'el Granot, Shmuel Sternklar, Haim Chayet, Shalva Ben-Ezra, Niv Narkiss, Mir Shahar, Arieh Sher, Sagie Tsadka

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Abstract

For the first time, to our knowledge, a highly robust, high-bit-rate (10 Gbit/s) wavelength converter that is based on a narrow Brillouin filter is reported. The conversion takes place in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in a cross-gain-phase process. The SOA operates in a weak-modulation mode, and the exiting signal undergoes a dc reduction with a narrow spectral filter. In our system we perform spectrally narrow filtering by using a long Brillouin grating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4959-4964
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Optics
Volume44
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Aug 2005

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