HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTER

被引:92
作者
GLANCE, B
WIESENFELD, JM
KOREN, U
GNAUCK, AH
PRESBY, HM
JOURDAN, A
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel
关键词
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921089
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A broadband (> 50 nm) wavelength shifter capable of switching multigigabit data between optical frequencies in the 1.5-mu-m region is presented. The device, based on gain saturation in a semiconductor optical amplifier, is tunable, has gain, and is nearly polarisation insensitive. Data degradation after wavelength shifting is negligible.
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页码:1714 / 1715
页数:2
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