光电子材料导论第一章 信息装处理技术和材料-全光波长转换.pptVIP

Large wavelength span for both input and output signals. Possibility for same input and output wavelengths (no conversion). Low chirp Fast setup time of output wavelength Insensitivity to input signal polarization Simple implementation Wavelength conversion technologies XGM in SOA Principle XPM * * All-optical wavelength conversion To “imprint” digital information from one wavelength of to another wavelength without passing the signal through electronics Critical next step in the evolution of optical networks and photonic packet switching. Worlds first widely-tunable all-optical wavelength converter, designed and fabricated at UCSB The most important use will be for avoidance of wavelength blocking in optical cross connects in WDM networks. Increase the flexibility and the capacity of the network for a fixed set of wavelengths. Wavelength conversion is a very useful function in advanced optical systems. The converters should feature the followings: Bit-rate transparency (up to at least 10 Gb/s). No extinction ratio degradation. high signal-to-noise ratio at the output (to ensure cascad-ability) Moderate input power levels(~0 dBm). Electro-optic converter consisting of a detector followed by a laser that retransmits the incoming signal on the new wavelength. Complexity Large power consumption Speed limitation All-optical wavelength converters: Semiconductor optical amplifiers(SOA) in cross gain modulation (XGM) Cross phase modulation (XPM), Four wave mixing (FWM), bistable lasers Incorporating saturable absorbers, injection locked Y-lasers; FWM in optical fiber. Use SOA gain saturation characteristic. A cw signal at the desired output wavelength is modulated by the gain variation, so after the SOA it carries the same information as the intensity modulated input signal. The XGM SOA wavelength converter is polarization independent. Long SOA has superior dynamic performance Long SOA only has 30 nm bandwidth, whereas it is 60 nm for short SOA. Smaller bandwidth