Title :
Broadband optical wavelength converters
Author :
Teixeira, António ; Nogueira, R. ; André, P. ; Pinto, J. ; Rocha, F.
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
fDate :
29 June-3 July 2003
Abstract :
In this letter some of the techniques nowadays used for all-optical wavelength conversion will be briefly characterized. Following, the Broadband orthogonal pumps method will be addressed in its theoretical aspects. Several evolution stages of a possible implementation will be presented as well as a new simplified version of this converting scheme. Also, some performance results will be shown.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical wavelength conversion; broadband orthogonal pumps; cross gain modulation; fibre Bragg gratings; four wave mixing; highly birefringent optical fibres; reflective SOA; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7816-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2003.1263174
