Four-Wavelength 3R Burst Mode Regenerator Using Three Integrated Quad MZI Arrays

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical four-wavelength 3R burst mode regenerator, operating error-free with variable length data packets that exhibit 6-dB packet-to-packet power variation. The circuit was implemented using a sequence of three integrated quad MZI arrays.

Field Trial Demonstration of Spectrum Defragmentation and Grooming in Elastic Optical Node

“…Recently, Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (SOA-MZI) have been widely used as nonlinear element for applications in all-optical signal processing due to their switching capabilities, significantly lower input power requirements, with respect to other solutions, and integration maturity [34].…”

Defragmentation and grooming on 85.4 Gb/s by simultaneous format and wavelength conversion in an integrated quad SOA-MZI

“…NRZ to RZ on off keying (OOK) conversion has been demonstrated at 40 Gb/s using techniques based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) [10] and Periodic Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) [11], 160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK using Highly Non Linear Fiber (HNLF) [12], WDM-OTDM conversion using switch implementations [13] etc. Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (SOA-MZI) have been widely used as nonlinear element for applications in all-optical signal processing due to its switching capabilities, significantly lower input power requirements with respect to other solutions and its integration maturity [14]. Recently, several demonstrations highlighting the potential advantages of using SOA-MZIs for AOFWCs were reported including wavelength conversion, format conversion [5] and several switching functions for their interconnection.…”