Title :
Tunable wavelength conversion in a semiconductor-fiber ring laser
Author :
Lu, Z.G. ; Boothroyd, S.A. ; Chrostowski, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A tunable wavelength converter is demonstrated using highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a semiconductor-fiber ring cavity with no external pump light and low input signal power requirements. This device allows continuous tuning of both pump and converted wavelengths over the semiconductor optical amplifier gain bandwidth. Results for 11.8-nm down- and 6.9-nm up-wavelength conversion with input signal power as low as -10 dBm have been obtained at 1 Gb/s with less than 1.6-dB power penalty.
Keywords :
error statistics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical wavelength conversion; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1 Gbit/s; continuous tuning; converted wavelengths; down-wavelength conversion; input signal power; input signal power requirements; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; power penalty; pump wavelength; semiconductor optical amplifier gain bandwidth; semiconductor-fiber ring cavity; semiconductor-fiber ring laser; tunable wavelength conversion; tunable wavelength converter; up-wavelength conversion; Four-wave mixing; Laser tuning; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
