• DocumentCode
    1543553
  • Title

    Polarisation-insensitive wavelength conversion and phase conjugation using bi-directional forward four-wave mixing in a lasing DFB-LD

  • Author

    Watanabe, S. ; Kuwatsuka, H. ; Takeda, S. ; Ishikawa, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    316
  • Lastpage
    317
  • Abstract
    A polarisation-insensitive wavelength converter is proposed using bi-directional nondegenerate forward four-wave mixing in a lasing DFB-LD in which the lasing beams are used as pump waves. The converter suppresses the polarisation sensitivity of conversion efficiency to within 0.4 dB, and demonstrates a 10 Gbit/s wavelength conversion and optical phase conjugation
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; bi-directional forward four-wave mixing; conversion efficiency; lasing DFB-LD; lasing beams; phase conjugation; polarisation-insensitive wavelength conversion; pump waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970195
  • Filename
    583498