Abstract
Birefringence effects in an InGaAsP/InP tensile-strained bulk semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) are demonstrated. All-optical wavelength conversions based on birefringence induced polarization rotation in SOAs are investigated. It is shown that a bit error rate of <10-9 can be achieved and an extinction of >9dB can be obtained at a bit rate of 2.488Gbit/s with a 2 31-1 non-return-to-zero (NRZ) pseudorandom bit sequence (PRBS).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 167-170 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | NIST Special Publication |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2004 - Boulder, CO, United States Duration: 28 Sep 2004 → 30 Sep 2004 |
Keywords
- Birefringence
- Cross polarization modulation
- Polarization rotation
- Semiconductor optical amplifiers
- Wavelength conversion