Polarization-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter using a single semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Mak, M.W.K. ; Tsang, H.K.

Author_Institution

Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

223

Abstract

Summary form only given.Wavelength conversion is needed to avoid wavelength blocking in wavelength-routed optical networks. Wavelength conversion using four-wave-mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has the advantages of both transparency and wide tunability but suffers from polarization dependence. In this paper, we report a novel technique which combines a novel polarization diversity configuration (requiring only one SOA) for polarization insensitive wavelength conversion and broadband orthogonal pumps (BOP) to achieve a wide tuning range.

Keywords

laser tuning; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; broadband orthogonal pumps; four-wave-mixing; polarization dependence; polarization diversity configuration; polarization insensitive wavelength conversion; polarization-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter; semiconductor optical amplifier; single semiconductor optical amplifier; transparency; wavelength blocking; wavelength-routed optical networks; wide tunability; wide tuning range; Adaptive optics; Lenses; Optical distortion; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon compounds; Speckle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906939

Filename

906939