An all-optical wavelength-converter with semiconductor opticalamplifiers monolithically integrated in an asymmetric passiveMach-Zehnder interferometer |
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| Authors: | Ratovelomanana F. Vodjdani N. Enard A. Glastre G. Rondi D. Blondeau R. Joergensen C. Durhuus T. Mikkelsen B. Stubkjaer K.E. Jourdan A. Soulage G. |
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| Affiliation: | Lab. Central de Recherches, Thomson-CSF, Orsay ; |
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| Abstract: | An all-optical wavelength-converter based on monolithic integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers was demonstrated. This device exhibited high stability, penalty-free conversion at 5 Gbit/s (at a BER of 109), no-excess penalty after a transmission over 60 km on standard fiber, and low signal-polarization dependency. The device operated in a 26-nm-wide optical window |
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