• 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