Title :
Optical frequency conversion by four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Tucker, Rodney S. ; Lacey, Jonathan P R ; Summerfield, Mark A. ; Morgan, Trefor J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
In four wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) the nonlinear waveguide is sufficiently short for the waveguide dispersion not to affect mixing efficiency. Therefore, wide pump tunability is possible. This makes FWM in SOAs a very attractive optical frequency conversion technique for WDM optical fibre networks
Keywords :
laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical fibre networks; four wave mixing; four-wave mixing; mixing efficiency; nonlinear waveguide; optical frequency conversion; optical frequency conversion technique; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide dispersion; wide pump tunability; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Optical distortion; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.630547
