Abstract
We show 8 error-free cascades of a 2R SOA-MZI, 10 Gb/s NRZ wavelength converter. It uses a novel push-pull arrangement with an additional CW signal to differentially bias the MZI SOAs and reduce jitter accumulation.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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