Title :
Widely tunable wavelength converter using a double-ring fiber laser incorporating a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Mak, M.W.K. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A widely tunable all-optical wavelength converter that operates without any external pump laser was demonstrated. The scheme was based on a double-ring fiber laser incorporating a semiconductor optical amplifier. Using broad-band orthogonal pumps four-wave mixing, a uniform (3-dB variation) conversion efficiency over a 40-nm conversion range is obtained
Keywords :
fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; broad-band orthogonal pumps four-wave mixing; double-ring fiber laser; optical networks; semiconductor optical amplifier; tuning range; uniform conversion efficiency; widely tunable wavelength converter; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969185
