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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4959-4964 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Applied Optics |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - 10 Aug 2005 |