A polarization-independent and contrast-ratio-enhancing module for all-optical wavelength shifting using SOA's

被引:12
作者
Shieh, W
Huang, SH
Willner, AE
机构
[1] Dept. of Elec. Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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10.1109/68.491217
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a polarization-independent and contrast-ratio-enhancing all-optical wavelength shifting module using polarization-dependent SOA's, When comparing our robust module to a single polarization-dependent SOA wavelength shifter, we reduce the polarization dependence from 3.5-0.5 dB and the contrast-ratio-induced power penalty from 5-1.5 dB when upshifting over 19 mm at 1 Gb/s.
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