Title :
Cascaded wavelength conversions using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Geraghty, David F. ; Lee, Robert B. ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Koren, Uzi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Wavelength conversion in wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) communication systems would provide significant network performance improvement. Optoelectronic, cross-gain saturation, and cross phase saturation wavelength converters are candidate technologies that have been well characterized, however, they are not “transparent” to either bit-rate or modulation format. Complete transparency is offered only by ultrafast wave mixing techniques-in the present case four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical saturation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM communication; bit-rate format transparency; cascaded wavelength conversion; cross phase saturation wavelength converters; cross-gain saturation; four-wave mixing; modulation format; network performance improvement; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultrafast wave mixing techniques; wavelength-division multiplexed; Bit error rate; Distributed feedback devices; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719770
