• DocumentCode
    1039594
  • Title

    Polarisation insensitive wavelength conversion using a light injected DFB-LD with a loop configuration

  • Author

    Inoue, Ken ; Yoshino, M. ; Kano, F.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/3/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    438
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    A configuration is proposed for polarisation insensitive wavelength conversion using an oscillating LD. By employing a loop with a polarisation beamsplitter, an optical signal is always injected into an LD in the TE mode irrespective of its polarisation state. An experiment using an MQW DFB-LD demonstrates the operation for a 4.5 Gbit/s signal
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser beam applications; light polarisation; optical communication; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; 4.5 Gbit/s; MQW DFB laser diode; TE mode; light injected DFB-LD; loop configuration; polarisation beamsplitter; polarisation insensitive wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940270
  • Filename
    273246