Four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers: a practical tool for wavelength conversion

Author

Ottavi, A.D. ; Girardin, François ; Graziani, L. ; Martelli, F. ; Spano, P. ; Mecozzi, A. ; Scotti, S. ; Ara, R. Dall ; Eckner, J. ; Guekos, G.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

528

Abstract

Four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers is used to produce wavelength conversion. We report an extended study on the dependence of efficiency and noise on device length, pump power, operation wavelength and conversion interval. The use of longer active regions is a good way to obtain performance as good as requested by the most advanced telecommunication systems

Keywords

laser noise; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; superradiance; conversion interval; device length; efficiency; four-wave mixing; longer active regions; operation wavelength; performance; pump power; ridge waveguide structure; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication systems; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.605703

Filename

605703