Folded-path self-pumped wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Hunziker, Guido ; Paiella, Roberto ; Ziari, Mehrdad ; Mathur, Atul ; Vahala, Kerry J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

9

Issue

10

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1352

Lastpage

1354

Abstract

A four-wave mixing wavelength converter with no external pump laser and very low input signal power requirements is characterized. The wavelength conversion occurs inside a high-reflection/antireflection coated semiconductor optical amplifier pigtailed with a fiber Bragg grating. The pump signal is provided by the lasing mode at the Bragg wavelength. A 1-mW optical signal modulated at 2.5 Gb/s is converted over 9 mm with error rates below 10/sup -9/.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; diffraction gratings; multiwave mixing; optical fibre networks; optical films; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 mW; 2.5 Gbit/s; 9 nm; Bragg wavelength; WDM networks; error rates; fiber Bragg grating; folded-path self-pumped wavelength converter; four-wave mixing; high-reflection/antireflection coated SOA; lasing mode; optical signal; pump signal; semiconductor optical amplifier; very low input signal power requirements; Fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.623260

Filename

623260