DocumentCode
422212
Title
External-pump-free 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, China
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
Polarization-insensitive widely tunable wavelength conversion has been demonstrated using broad-band orthogonal pumps four-wave mixing without any external-pump. A 3-dB conversion range over 40 nm is obtained with smaller than 0.5-dB polarization sensitivity.
Keywords
fibre lasers; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 3 dB; broad-band orthogonal pumps; double-ring fiber laser; external-pump-free widely tunable wavelength converter; polarization; semiconductor optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361680
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