Ultrabroadband wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Xiao-Feng Xu; Jue Wei; Zhi-Hui Kang; Yun Jiang; Jin-Yue Gao

doi:10.1117/12.559004

22 October 2004 Ultrabroadband wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Xiao-Feng Xu, Jue Wei, Zhi-Hui Kang, Yun Jiang, Jin-Yue Gao

Proceedings Volume 5560, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications X; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559004
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Two schemes for ultrabroad-band wavelength converters based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier are proposed, both utilizing a conventional semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and two orthogonal-pump waves. In scheme I, the efficiency of wavelength conversion is measured for the wavelength shifts from 1500 nm to 1640 nm. The variation of conversion efficiency is < 0.9 dB over the wavelength range from 1530 nm to 1560 nm (C-band), and is < 4.5 dB over the wavelength range from 1560 nm to 1610 nm (L-band). The maximum conversion efficiency is about -8.7 dB. In scheme II, wavelength conversion with the polarization sensitivity less than 1.3 dB is obtained over a range from 1510 nm to 1620 nm.

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Xiao-Feng Xu, Jue Wei, Zhi-Hui Kang, Yun Jiang, and Jin-Yue Gao "Ultrabroadband wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier", Proc. SPIE 5560, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications X, (22 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559004

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