title: 10 Gbit/s optical wavelength converter with a Brillouin scattering-based spectral filter.
abstract: For the first time, to our knowledge, a highly robust, high-bit-rate (10 Gbit/s) wavelength converter that is based on a narrow Brillouin filter is reported. The conversion takes place in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in a cross-gain-phase process. The SOA operates in a weak-modulation mode, and the exiting signal undergoes a dc reduction with a narrow spectral filter. In our system we perform spectrally narrow filtering by using a long Brillouin grating.
authors.affiliation: Kailight Photonics, 2b Bergman, Rehovat 76702, Israel. erel@yosh.ac.il
authors.forename: Er'el
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granot
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sternklar
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chayet
authors.forename: Shalva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezra
authors.forename: Niv
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narkiss
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shahar
authors.forename: Arieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: Sagie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsadka