Design of highly efficient four-wave mixing devices using optical fibers

Author

Kikuchi, Kazuro ; Lorattanasane, Chaloemphon

Author_Institution

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

Volume

6

Issue

8

fYear

1994

Firstpage

992

Lastpage

994

Abstract

A design theory of the four-wave mixing (FWM) devices using optical fibers is presented. We find that the signal-to-idler conversion process in the zero-dispersion wavelength region yields the widest conversion bandwidth, and the conversion efficiency can be maximized by choosing the optimum fiber length. The maximum conversion efficiency thus obtained is proportional to the square of the input pump power, but is limited by the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process in the fiber. We show experimentally the improvement of the conversion efficiency by the SBS suppression and the validation of the proposed theory.<>

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; optical pumping; stimulated Brillouin scattering; SBS suppression; conversion bandwidth; conversion efficiency; design theory; highly efficient four-wave mixing devices; input pump power; maximum conversion efficiency; optical fibers; optimum fiber length; signal-to-idler conversion process; stimulated Brillouin scattering; zero-dispersion wavelength region; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical fiber theory; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.313073

Filename

313073