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

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

118

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630547

Filename

630547