Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 28, Issue 7, 1327(2008)

Experimental Study of Wavelength Conversion at Various Modulation Formats Based on Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

Dong Jianji, Zhang Xinliang, and Huang Dexiu
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    The wavelength conversion based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for a variety of modulation formats is demonstrated. As for nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) format, the single-to-triple channel wavelength conversion is reported. The modulation speed varies from 10 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s. As for return-to-zero (RZ) format, the wavelength conversion at 20 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s is realized. As for carrier suppressed RZ (CSRZ) format, the 40 Gb/s wavelength conversion is achieved. A notch filter made by fiber Bragg grating is used to separate the conjugated light and the pump light. As for NRZ-differential phase shift keying (DPSK) format, the wavelength conversion at 20 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s is realized. A home-made fiber delayed interferometer (FDI) is employed to demodulate the converted DPSK signal. The output extinction ratio (ER) of the converted signal based on FWM is higher than 7 dB, and the ER degradation is about 3 dB.

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    Dong Jianji, Zhang Xinliang, Huang Dexiu. Experimental Study of Wavelength Conversion at Various Modulation Formats Based on Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2008, 28(7): 1327

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    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Nov. 12, 2007

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 4, 2008

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