Bidirectional four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers: theory and experiment

Author

Bischoff, S. ; Buxens, A. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Clausen, A.T. ; Mørk, J.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

17

Issue

9

fYear

1999

fDate

9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1617

Lastpage

1625

Abstract

Bidirectional four wave mixing (FWM) is investigated in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for dispersion compensation and for the clear/drop functionality in optical time division multiplexed (OTDM) systems. Good performance for bidirectional midspan spectral inversion (MSSI) is theoretically predicted for bit rates of 10, 20, and 40 Gb/s and is shown to be in agreement with measurements performed at 10 and 20 Gb/s. Measurements of the clear/drop functionality using the bidirectional technique show excellent performance for a 4×10 Gb/s signal and is again in good agreement with simulations. The clear/drop functionality is also simulated for 4×20 Gb/s and 4×40 Gb/s signals

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; bidirectional four-wave mixing; bidirectional midspan spectral inversion; bulk semiconductor optical amplifier; clear/drop functionality; dispersion compensation; optical time division multiplexed; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.788567

Filename

788567