Low-power, high-efficiency wavelength conversion based on modulation instability in high nonlinearity optical fiber

Author

Nowak, G.A. ; Kao, Y.-H. ; Xia, T.J. ; Islam, M.N. ; Nolan, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

374

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated wavelength conversion over 40 nm with a peak efficiency of 28 dB at 600-mW pump power by employing induced modulation instability in dispersion-shifted fiber with a 5 X enhancement of nonlinearity. The results are consistent with theory and show -20 dB improvement in conversion efficiency of Michelson interferometric based wavelength conversion over semiconductor-based converters.

Keywords

modulational instability; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; 600 mW; Michelson interferometric based wavelength conversion; conversion efficiency; dispersion-shifted fiber; high nonlinearity optical fiber; induced modulation instability; low-power high-efficiency wavelength conversion; mW pump power; modulation instability; optical nonlinearity enhancement; peak efficiency; semiconductor-based converters; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657483

Filename

657483