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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 17, Iss. 3 — Feb. 2, 2009
  • pp: 1184–1193

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Enhanced 40 and 80 Gb/s wavelength conversion using a rectangular shaped optical filter for both red and blue spectral slicing

O. Raz, J. Herrera, and H. J. Dorren  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 1184-1193 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.001184


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Abstract

By using a tunable filter with tunability of both bandwidth and wavelength and a very sharp filter roll-off, considerable improvement of all optical Wavelength Conversion, based on Cross Gain and Phase Modulation effects in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and spectral slicing, is shown. At 40 Gb/s slicing of blue spectral components is shown to result in a small penalty of 0.7 dB, with a minimal eye broadening, and at 80Gb/s the low demonstrated 0.5 dB penalty is a dramatic improvement over previously reported wavelength converters using the same principal. Additionally, we give for the first time quantitative results for the case of red spectral slicing at 40Gb/s which we found to have only 0.5dB penalty and a narrower time response, as anticipated by previously published theoretical papers. Numerical simulations for the dependence of the eye opening on the filter characteristics highlight the importance of the combination of a sharp filter roll-off and a broad passband

© 2009 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(060.4265) Fiber optics and optical communications : Networks, wavelength routing

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 28, 2008
Revised Manuscript: December 16, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: December 16, 2008
Published: January 16, 2009

Citation
O. Raz, J. Herrera, and H. J. Dorren, "Enhanced 40 and 80 Gb/s wavelength conversion using a rectangular shaped optical filter for both red and blue spectral slicing," Opt. Express 17, 1184-1193 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-3-1184


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