Title :
Polarization independent optical phase conjugation with pump-signal filtering in a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer semiconductor optical amplifier configuration
Author :
Leuthold, J. ; Girardin, F. ; Besse, P.A. ; Gamper, E. ; Guekos, G. ; Melchior, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Electron., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Demonstration of polarization independent optical phase conjugation by four-wave mixing in a monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometric semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configuration. An integrated filtering mechanism for the pump-signal enhances the conjugate-to-pump ratio by 15 dB compared to the single SOA case.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; multiwave mixing; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; conjugate-to-pump ratio; four-wave mixing; integrated filtering mechanism; monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometric semiconductor optical amplifier; monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer semiconductor optical amplifier configuration; polarization independent optical phase conjugation; pump-signal enhances; pump-signal filtering; single SOA case; Filtering; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
