Polarization-independent self-pumped wavelength convertor using the four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Yamashita, S. ; Set, Sze Y. ; Matsumoto, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

1163

Abstract

Wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical fiber networks have been expected to play a main role in future communication networks. Wavelength conversion is one of the key techniques for the WDM network. We propose a novel polarization-independent self-pumped wavelength convertor using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA).

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; communication network; four-wave mixing; polarization-independent self-pumped wavelength convertor; self-pumped wavelength convertor; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexed optical fiber networks; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814714

Filename

814714