Polarization-independent wavelength conversion at 2.5 Gb/s by dual-pump four-wave mixing in a strained semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Hunziker, Guido ; Paiella, Roberto ; Geraghty, David F. ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Koren, Uzi

Author_Institution

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

Volume

8

Issue

12

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1633

Lastpage

1635

Abstract

We give a general expression for the polarization dependence of the four-wave mixing (FWM) efficiency in the dual-pump configuration. This expression, along with some general properties of the FWM susceptibility tensor, is used to propose a simple scheme to generate a nearly (1.5-dB variation) polarization independent FWM converted signal. The viability of this scheme is verified in a wavelength conversion experiment at 2.5 Gb/s.

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; multiwave mixing; nonlinear optical susceptibility; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; quantum well lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; FWM converted signal; dual-pump configuration; dual-pump four-wave mixing; four-wave mixing efficiency; polarization dependence; polarization-independent wavelength conversion; strained semiconductor optical amplifier; susceptibility tensor; wavelength conversion experiment; Capacitive sensors; Four-wave mixing; Gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Particle scattering; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Tellurium;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.544701

Filename

544701