Polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion up to 10 Gb/s based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Lin, L.Y. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Perino, J.S. ; Gnauck, A.H.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

10

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

955

Lastpage

957

Abstract

Polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion at 2.5 and 10 Gb/s using four-wave mixing in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier is reported. At 10 Gb/s, a conversion range from 6.4-nm wavelength downshift to 4.8-nm upshift has been demonstrated. The conversion efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio versus conversion range are also characterized.

Keywords

laser noise; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; bulk semiconductor optical amplifier; conversion efficiency; conversion range; four-wave mixing; polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal-to-noise ratio; wavelength downshift; wavelength upshift; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.681282

Filename

681282