• DocumentCode
    1154479
  • Title

    Polarisation-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter using polarisation-diversified SOA fibre-ring laser

  • Author

    Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Mak, M.W.K. ; Tsang, H.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    97
  • Abstract
    An efficient scheme of wavelength conversion has been demonstrated using broadband-orthogonal-pump four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) placed inside a polarisation-diversified fibre-ring cavity. The polarisation sensitivity of the converter is less than 0.5 dB. A 3 dB conversion range over 40 nm is obtained. The power penalty is 3 dB for a 10 Gbit/s converted signal at 10-9 bit error rate level.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; broadband-orthogonal-pump setup; error rate level; four-wave mixing; optical network; polarisation-diversified SOA fibre-ring laser; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable wavelength converter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030065
  • Filename
    1182375
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1154479