• DocumentCode
    3081011
  • Title

    Characterisation of all-optical wavelength conversion by cross-gain modulation of ASE on a SOA

  • Author

    de Oliveira Ribeiro, R. ; Pontes, Maria Jose ; Giraldi, Maria Thereza M R ; Carvalho, Maria Cristina Ribeiro

  • Author_Institution
    CETUC, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-28 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    218
  • Lastpage
    221
  • Abstract
    Broadband all-optical wavelength conversion at 1550 nm is attained by means of cross-gain modulation of the whole ASE spectrum of a SOA. In this technique, the pump wavelength is converted into any other wavelength with no need of probe light sources using the spectrum slicing method. The conversion is demonstrated here for ultra short input pulses that allow precise characterisation of the device´s time response. Results to the conversion efficiency are also presented.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; ASE; SOA; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-gain modulation; pump wavelength; spectrum slicing method; ultra short input pulses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9341-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMOC.2005.1579981
  • Filename
    1579981