• DocumentCode
    2011752
  • Title

    High efficiency, wide range and completely transparent wavelength conversion method using replicas generated by dual pump nearly-degenerated four-wave mixing in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer SOA

  • Author

    Otsubo, K. ; Tanaka, S. ; Tomabechi, S. ; Morito, K. ; Kuwatsuka, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    The novel technique for completely transparent wavelength conversion using replicas by dual pump nearly-degenerated FWM in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer SOA has enabled 16-nm conversion of a 10-Gb/s signal with high efficiency of -6.0 dB.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA; dual pump nearly-degenerated four-wave mixing; replicas; wavelength conversion; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215644
  • Filename
    1636675