Recent Progress and Challenges in Developing Practical All-optical Wavelength Converter

We present design issues of all-optical wavelength converter for practical use and show recent demonstrations using a developed prototype. We also discuss challenges to improve the feasibility of wavelength converter toward deployment in the field.

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