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
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