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Polarity-preserving SOA-based wavelength conversion at 40 Gbit/s using bandpass filtering

Electronics Letters · 2003 · 67 citations · 4 references

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EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsOptical Communication SystemsOptical ModulationOptical ModulatorsOptical Signal ProcessingOptical SwitchingBandpass FilteringBandpass FiltersOptical Circuit SwitchingWavelength ConversionWavelength Switching

Abstract

All-optical wavelength conversion is demonstrated at 40 Gbit/s, using a single SOA and a bandpass filter. The scheme is very simple, requires a record low switching energy of ∼3 fJ, and preserves data format and polarity.

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