Multinanometer wavelength conversion of 2.5 and 10 Gb/s optical channels in an injection-locked semiconductor laser

Author

Iannone, P.P. ; Prucnal, P.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

6

Issue

8

fYear

1994

Firstpage

988

Lastpage

991

Abstract

We have demonstrated multinanometer wavelength conversion of amplitude-shift-keyed 1.5 μm-optical signals, using cavity-enhanced four-wave mixing in an injection-locked semiconductor laser. 2.5-Gb/s operation was possible with injected signal powers as low as -29.3 dBm, due to the resonant gain of the mixing laser. We have also reported 10-Gb/s operation, the highest data rate at which this method has been demonstrated.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 /spl mu/m-optical signals; 1.5 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; amplitude-shift-keyed; cavity-enhanced four-wave mixing; injected signal powers; injection-locked semiconductor laser; mixing laser; multinanometer wavelength conversion; optical channels; resonant gain; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.313072

Filename

313072