Title :
Fabry-Perot laser based wavelength converter without external injection
Author :
Yeh, C.H. ; Chow, C.W. ; Wang, C.H. ; Shih, F.Y. ; Wu, Y.F. ; Chi, S.
Author_Institution :
Inf. & Commun. Labs., Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We propose an all optical wavelength converter using a multi-longitudinal-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode without any external probe beam or external build-in cavity. The proposed converter apparatus is simple and cost-effective for WDM network applications.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; all optical wavelength converter; multilongitudinal mode Fabry-Perot laser diode; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5214354
