| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1541099 | Optics Communications | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The use of a Pump-Suppressed Four Wave Mixing PS-FWM wavelength converter in a wavelength conversion and selection switching scheme is examined and demonstrated. The scheme requires a single 2Â ÃÂ 1 Mach Zenhder Interferometer (MZI) and offers substantial pump suppression and efficiency improvement in terms of optical signal-to-noise ratio. Performance measurements on the combination of PS-FWM wavelength converter with an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) for passive routing, shows the potentially successful use of the scheme in an ultra-fast wavelength routed optical packet switching scheme where the use of optical filters for the separation of the converted signal from the pump is avoided.
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Authors
Christina Tanya Politi, Dimitrios Klonidis, Emmanouil Dialynas, Michael O'Mahony, Dimitra Simeonidou,