Bit error rate assessment of 40 Gbit/s all-opticalpolarisation independent wavelength converter

S.L. Danielsen, M. Vaa, B. Mikkelsen, K.E. Stubkjaer, P. Doussière, F. Pommerau, Leon J. Goldstein, R. Ngo, M. Goix

Electronics Letters · 1996 · 46 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Penalties of only 1.5 dB are measured for 40 Gbit/s polarisation independent wavelength conversion by cross-gain modulation in new, speed-optimised semiconductor optical amplifiers. The excellent performance is achieved using moderate optical input power levels of 5 dBm.

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