Title :
Polarisation-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter using a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Mak, M.W.K. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
fDate :
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A polarisation-insensitive wavelength converter using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been realised. The converter uses a novel polarisation-diversity scheme which requires only one SOA. Polarisation-insensitive wavelength conversion (<1 dB polarisation sensitivity) and a near constant (<3 dB variation) conversion efficiency was achieved over a range of 26 nm
Keywords :
laser beam applications; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; four-wave mixing; polarisation-diversity scheme; polarisation-insensitive wavelength converter; semiconductor optical amplifier; widely tunable wavelength converter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000167
