A simple scheme for polarization insensitive four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Tang, J.M. ; Shore, K.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Univ. of Wales, Bangor, UK

Volume

11

Issue

9

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1123

Lastpage

1125

Abstract

A simple scheme for polarization insensitive four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is proposed, which utilizes just one conventional polarization-insensitive SOA and one input pump wave. The technique would be efficient in practical applications for frequency shifts about 0.5 THz for a device length of say 200 μm. The polarization insensitive operating principle of the FWM type is analyzed using an improved space-averaged model for describing FWM of copropagating and counterpropagating optical waves.

Keywords

light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical phase conjugation; optical saturation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 0.5 THz; 200 mum; copropagating optical waves; counterpropagating optical waves; device length; frequency conversion; frequency shifts; input pump wave; optical mixing; optical phase conjugate; polarization insensitive four-wave mixing; polarization insensitive operating principle; practical applications; semiconductor optical amplifiers; space-averaged model; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.784216

Filename

784216