Four-wave mixing in semiconductor medium for optical network

Author

Kuwatsuka, H.

Author_Institution

Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

The principle, the device characteristics, and the application of four-wave mixing in semiconductor medium are discussed. Its high potential for future optical network systems is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; multiwave mixing; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical hole burning; optical wavelength conversion; population inversion; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; DFB laser; WDM systems; carrier density pulsation; carrier heating; chromatic dispersion compensation; compressive strain; device characteristics; four-wave mixing; future optical network systems; large nonlinear optical susceptibilities; population inversion condition; quantum wells; semiconductor medium; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral hole burning; wavelength conversion; wavelength shift; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967915

Filename

967915