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All-optical wavelength conversion using SOA nonlinearities
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In this paper, the increasing use of WDM systems in telecommunications networks is highlighted, and the potential role for wavelength conversion in future upgrades of such systems is reviewed, and experimental results obtained at BT Laboratories are used to illustrate the state of the art.Abstract:
In this article the increasing use of WDM systems in telecommunications networks is highlighted, and the potential role for wavelength conversion in future upgrades of such systems is reviewed. Techniques for achieving wavelength conversion by all-optical means using nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers are explained, and experimental results obtained at BT Laboratories are used to illustrate the state of the art.read more
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All-optical wavelength conversion: technologies and applications in DWDM networks
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Demonstration of wavelength conversion at 40 Gb/s data rate in silicon waveguides.
TL;DR: An efficient wavelength conversion via four-wave-mixing in reverse biased silicon-on-isolator p-i-n rib waveguides is reported and the conversion of a high-speed optical pseudo-random bit sequence data at 40 Gb/s is demonstrated.
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Wavelength conversion using nonlinear polarization rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Y Yong Liu,MT Martin Hill,Eduward Tangdiongga,H. de Waardt,Nicola Calabretta,GD Giok-Djan Khoe,H.J.S. Dorren +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an all-optical wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarization rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier is proposed, and experiments show that error-free wavelength conversion can be obtained at a bit rate of 10 Gb/s.
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All-optical wavelength converter and switch based on electromagnetically induced transparency
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Micrometer-scale all-optical wavelength converter on silicon
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