Investigation of optimum wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarisation rotation in a bulk SOA

Author

Kennedy, B.F. ; Philippe, S. ; Surre, F. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Landais, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. de Santiago

Volume

1

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

60

Abstract

This work is focused on understanding and optimising the physical mechanisms responsible for wavelength conversion based on cross-polarisation modulation (XPolM) in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier. A comparison is made between the conversion performance that can be achieved with cross-gain modulation (XGM) and XPolM in co- and counter-propagation configurations. Wavelength independent conversion can be achieved when nonlinear polarisation rotation and XGM effects are balanced in the case of non-inverted wavelength conversion

Keywords

light polarisation; optical modulation; optical rotation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bulk semiconductor optical amplifier; copropagation configuration; counterpropagation configuration; cross-gain modulation; cross-polarisation modulation; noninverted wavelength conversion; nonlinear polarisation rotation; wavelength converter; wavelength-independent conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-8768

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-opt:20060047

Filename

4159938