Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion based on semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Huang, Dexiu ; Zhang, Xinliang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Optoelectronic Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
This paper introduces the progress of wavelength conversion based on cross-gain modulation (XGM), cross-phase modulation (XPM) and four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). Some creative experiments and schemes in our lab are also presented.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; FWM; SOA; XGM; XPM; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-gain modulation; cross-phase modulation; four-wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Chirp; Extinction ratio; Four-wave mixing; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronics, Proceedings of the Sixth Chinese Symposium
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7887-3
DOI :
10.1109/COS.2003.1278217
