Effect of copropagating and counterpropagating directions on a semiconductor optical amplifier-Mach-Zehnder interferometer based wavelength converter using a continuous-wave assist light |
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Authors: | Chung Hwan S Inohara Ryo Nishimura Kohsuke Usami Masashi |
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Institution: | KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., 2-1-15 Ohara, Kamifukuoka-shi, Saitama 356-8502, Japan. optboy@naver.com |
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Abstract: | We experimentally investigate and compare the effects of copropagating and counterpropagating directions on a semiconductor optical amplifier-Mach-Zehnder interferometer based wavelength converter. When an assist light is not used, the copropagating scheme induces a long rise-fall time and small timing jitter, whereas the counterpropagating scheme induces a short rise-fall time and large timing jitter. The results show that the copropagating scheme with a backward assist light yields the best performance. |
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