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Analysis of bit rate dependence up to 80 Gbit/s of a simple wavelength converter based on XPM in a SOA and a shifted filtering

Girault, Gwenaelle, Clarke, Aisling M., Reid, Douglas A., Guignard, Celine, Bramerie, Laurent, Anandarajah, Prince M. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044, Barry, Liam P. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790, Simon, Jean Claude and Harvey, John D. (2008) Analysis of bit rate dependence up to 80 Gbit/s of a simple wavelength converter based on XPM in a SOA and a shifted filtering. Optics Communications, 281 (23). pp. 5731-5738. ISSN 0030-4018

Abstract
This paper provides the analysis of wavelength converted pulses obtained with a simple semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based wavelength conversion scheme, which exploits cross phase modulation (XPM) in an SOA in conjunction with shifted filtering. The analysis includes experimental measurements of the back-to-back system performances as well as frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) characterisations of the wavelength converted pulses. These measurements are implemented at different bit rates up to 80 Gbit/s and for both red and blue-shifted filtering, particularly showing different patterning effect dependencies of red and blue-shifting techniques. This analysis is developed by the addition of a numerical study which corroborates the experimental results. A further understanding of the different performances of red and blue filtering techniques, presented in the literature, can thus be proposed. The placement of the filter to undertake red-shifted filtering (RSF) allows us to achieve very short pulse widths but high bit rate operation is limited by pattern effects. The blue-shifted filtering (BSF) technique shows optimum performance as regards to patterning effects even if the wavelength converted pulses can be larger.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Engineering > Optical communication
Engineering > Telecommunication
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
Research Initiatives and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE)
Publisher:Elsevier
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2008.08.036
Copyright Information:Copyright © 2008 Elsevier B.V.
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:15962
Deposited On:16 Dec 2010 14:09 by Prince Anandarajah . Last Modified 20 Sep 2018 12:02
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