Title :
Nonlinear four-wave mixing in erbium-doped fibre amplifiers
Author :
Fischer, Bernd ; Zyskind, J.L. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; DiGiovanni, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Four-wave mixing in erbium-doped fibre amplifiers is presented and studied. Coupling in two cases is demonstrated; first, where one laser supplies all three input beams, and second, where two different lasers are used and the coupling is measured as a function of their relative detuning. This has potential uses in dynamic fibre-optic applications such as filters and wavelength routing.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; Er 3+-doped fibre amplifiers; coupling; dynamic fibre-optic applications; filters; input beams; nonlinear four-wave mixing; relative detuning; wavelength routing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931237
