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A broadband (>50 nm) wavelength shifter capable of switching multigigabit data between optical frequencies in the 1.5 μm region is presented. The device, based on gain saturation in a semiconductor optical amplifier, is tunable, has gain, and is nearly polarisation insensitive. Data degradation after wavelength shifting is negligible.
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