Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Korea Telecommunication Authority

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Information and Communications University Educational Foundation

Yong Hyub Won

Kwang Uk Chu

Ki Hwan Kim

Myung Hyun Lee

Hyuek Jae Lee

Min Ho Kang

Hyun Ha Hong

Byeong Hoon Kim

Seon Gyu Han

Hye Young Kim

Hyung Jong Lee

Yong Deok Jeong

Hark Yoo

Seo Y Shin

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for converting the wavelength of an optical signal using a multi-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode. The apparatus controls polarization of an external pump optical signal to output a TE polarized pump optical signal, and controls polarization of a probe optical signal to output a TM polarized probe optical signal. The apparatus couples the TM polarized probe optical signal and TE polarized pump optical signal irrespective of the polarization of the optical signals. The apparatus finely controls the polarization of the pump optical signal and the polarization of the probe optical signal such that they conform to TE and TM modes of the Fabry-Perot laser diode, respectively. The Fabry-Perot laser diode injection-locks the TE polarized pump optical signal of the coupled signal to change the position of a TM mode absorption null (a point at which an output optical signal has the minimum intensity), to thereby convert the wavelength of the TE polarized pump optical signal to the wavelength of the TM polarized probe optical signal. Accordingly, a wide wavelength conversion band is provided, and inverting and non-inverting wavelength conversions are easily carried out.

Optical wavelength conversion apparatus and method using injection locking of fabry-perot laser diode

Disclosed is an optical switching system with a combined space and wavelength division multiplex based on the repeated contention technique. The present invention has effects on high capacity in required in the optical switch module, by performing the contention resolution over a two consecutive cell time slot which repeatedly employs the present and previous state information. According to the present invention, the input cells make use of a switching opportunity two times. As a result, the present invention maintains the desired probability of cell loss, keeping up the state values L small. Also, the present invention can decrease the number of filters because it is possible to decrease the number of wavelength used for the wavelength conversion. Furthermore, the present invention has an effect on the high capacity based on the extension of the optical switch modules.

Optical switching system with combined space and wavelength division

An optical switch having reduced processing errors in a coupling region, according to the claimed invention includes an input portion having a pair of optical waveguides; an output portion having a pair of optical waveguides; a light phase shifting portion for inducing an additional phase change on light travelling in the input portion; a first light coupling waveguide for coupling between two light signals of the input portion and for providing a coupled signal with the light phase shifting portion; and a second light coupling waveguide for coupled between two light signals of the light phase shifting means and for providing a coupled signal with the output portion. The light coupling unit includes a waveguide. The switch reduces considerably any error that stems from manufacturing variations between waveguides in a coupling region since the waveguides share the error produced in a coupling region. The length of the switching element can be reduced since the coupled between waveguides is not indirect as in DC switches and BB switches. Due to the reduction in length, the output loss is reduced considerable.

Optical switch for reducing processing errors in a coupling region

An optical exchanging apparatus is disclosed including N optical transmitters for generating optical signals each having a single constant mode, N mode converters for converting modes of the optical signals generated from the optical transmitters according to a mode-converting signal, an Nx1 coupler for coupling the mode-converted optical signals generated from the mode converters to be supplied to one terminal, a 1xN distributor or distributing the coupled optical signal generated from the Nx1 coupler to N optical signals each having various modes, N mode selectors for respectively passing only the optical signal of a selected mode out of the N optical signals generated from the 1xN distributor, and N optical receivers for receiving the optical signals generated from the mode selectors.

Optical exchanging apparatus using mode conversion and mode selection in

A simultaneous optical compression and decompression apparatus having a simple symmetrical arrangement including a plurality of optical splitting/combining units capable of achieving simultaneous splitting and combining of optical signals in opposite directions, a plurality of optical delay units each arranged between adjacent ones of the optical splitting/combining units and adapted to delay the time taken for an optical signal to pass therethrough in each of opposite directions by a predetermined time, so as to reproduce the optical signal in accordance with a predetermined rule. The apparatus also includes a pair of optical isolation units respectively connected to opposite end-side ones of the optical splitting/combining units, each of the optical isolation units being adapted to allow an optical signal to pass therethrough in one direction; a pair of optical switching units respectively connected to opposite end-side ones of the optical splitting/combining units and adapted to switch optical signals output from the optical splitting/combining units in response to control signals, so as to allow predetermined optical signals to pass therethrough; and a pair of control units respectively connected to the optical switching units and adapted to apply the control signals to the optical switching units.

Simultaneous optical compression and decompression apparatus

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Daejeon, South Korea

Yong Hyub Won