DocumentCode
1535836
Title
Improved system performance of wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing in a tandem semiconductor optical amplifier configuration
Author
Nesset, D. ; Marcenac, D.D. ; Kelly, A.E.
Author_Institution
BT Labs., BT&D Technol. Ltd., Ipswich, UK
Volume
33
Issue
2
fYear
1997
fDate
1/16/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
148
Lastpage
149
Abstract
A tandem configuration for wavelength conversion using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier is suggested as a method to obtain enhanced signal-noise ratios due to longer interaction length. Experimental results show a decrease in the overall penalty for wavelength conversion at 10 Gbit/s. Furthermore, good system performance can be obtained at much lower input signal powers than for a single device
Keywords
laser beam applications; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; optical phase conjugation; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; SNR; four-wave mixing; interaction length; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal-noise ratio; system performance improvement; tandem configuration; wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970085
Filename
579453
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