Wavelength conversion for WDM communication systems using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Geraghty, David F. ; Lee, Robert B. ; Verdiell, Marc ; Ziari, Mehrdad ; Mathur, Atul ; Vahala, Kerry J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1146

Lastpage

1155

Abstract

Four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers is an attractive mechanism for wavelength conversion in wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) systems since it provides modulation format and bit rate transparency over wide tuning ranges. A series of systems experiments evaluating several aspects of the performance of these devices at bit rates of 2.5 and 10 Gb/s are presented. Included are single-channel conversion over 18 nm of shift at 10 Gb/s, multichannel conversion, and cascaded conversions. In addition time resolved spectral analysis of wavelength conversion is presented

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; spectral analysis; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; WDM communication systems; bit rate transparency; cascaded conversions; four-wave mixing; modulation format; multichannel conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; single-channel conversion; time resolved spectral analysis; wavelength conversion; wavelength-division multiplexed; wide tuning ranges; Bit rate; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.658588

Filename

658588