All-optical wavelength conversion based on a modified nonlinear polarization switch

Authors :: Wenke Yu
Xiaofan Zhao
Caiyun Lou
Dan Lu
Source :: 2010 IEEE Photinic Society's 23rd Annual Meeting.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: IEEE, 2010.
Abstract: All-optical wavelength converter (WC) is proposed and demonstrated based on a nonlinear polarization switch (NPS) followed by a SOA. The quality of the wavelength-converted signal can be improved by the SOA.

Subjects :: Optical amplifier
Materials science
business.industry
chemistry.chemical_element
Optical switch
Signal
Noise (electronics)
Erbium
Wavelength
Quality (physics)
Optics
chemistry
Optoelectronics
business
Optical filter

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