All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Using SOA at Nearly Symmetric Position in a Fiber-Based Sagnac Interferometric Loop

Lei Xu, Ivan Glesk, Varghese Baby, Paul R. Prucnal

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Abstract

We report an experimental analysis of the wavelength conversion operation of a fiber-based Sagnac interferometric loop with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) at nearly symmetric position. Improved extinction ratio is obtained due to the complementary operation of cross-polarization modulation and cross-gain modulation effects. Power penalty of 2.4 dB was obtained when the SOA offset is 17% of the bit period, which enables the use of the Sagnac interferometer with asymmetrically placed SOA - the terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) - as a multiple-functionality all-optical signal processing network element.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)539-541
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Optical communication
  • Optical frequency conversion
  • Optical polarization
  • Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)
  • Wavelength-division multiplexing

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