Title :
Dual semiconductor optical amplifier polarisation independent wavelength conversion using four-wave mixing with optoelectronic feedback
Author :
Forsyth, David I. ; Connelly, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Limerick Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) have been arranged with the aim of obtaining polarisation-free wavelength conversion, using four-wave mixing (FWM). Results show a polarisation dependence of < 0.5 dB in the new conjugate with added feedback.
Keywords :
laser feedback; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; FWM; SOA; four-wave mixing; optoelectronic feedback; polarisation independent wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; Distributed feedback devices; Four-wave mixing; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363278
