1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

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Experimental Characterization of SOA-Based Wavelength Converters for DPSK Signals

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344666,
    author={S.  Gupta and R.   Gangopadhyay and N.  Calabretta and G.  Contestabile and E.  Ciaramella},
    title={Experimental Characterization of SOA-Based Wavelength Converters for DPSK Signals},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2007},
    month={4},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344666}
}
  • S. Gupta
    R. Gangopadhyay
    N. Calabretta
    G. Contestabile
    E. Ciaramella
    Year: 2007
    Experimental Characterization of SOA-Based Wavelength Converters for DPSK Signals
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344666
S. Gupta1, R. Gangopadhyay1, N. Calabretta2, G. Contestabile2,*, E. Ciaramella2
  • 1: Department of E & ECE, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
  • 2: C.E.I.R.C., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Via Moruzzi 1, (56124) Pisa, Italy.
*Contact email: giampiero.contestabile@cnit.it

Abstract

We report a detailed experimental characterization of the wavelength conversion of 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero differential phase shift keying (NRZ-DPSK) optical signals based on four wave mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The performance of this coherent wavelength converter is compared with theoretical results and found to perform better, in terms of extended range of signal-to-pump ratio (SPR) with lower power penalty, than conventional on-off keying (OOK) and return-to-zero DPSK (RZ-DPSK) signals due to its constant envelope and inherent immunity to data pattern fluctuations.

Published
2007-04-10
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IEEE
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344666
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