Format conversion of optical data using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Reale, Andrea ; Lugli, Paolo ; Betti, Silvello

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

2001

Firstpage

703

Lastpage

709

Abstract

We present an analysis of the effect of four-wave mixing (FWM) on the pulse propagation in the active region of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). Our model, based on a rate equation approach, successfully predicts operation of optical data sampling using FWM interaction between a signal bitstream and an optical clock. Such a process can be used for format conversion of optical pulses from nonreturn-to-zero to return-to-zero bitstreams

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical information processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal sampling; FWM; FWM interaction; SOAs; active region; four-wave mixing; nonreturn-to-zero bitstreams; optical clock; optical data format conversion; optical data sampling; optical pulse format conversion; pulse propagation; rate equation model; return-to-zero bitstreams; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal bitstream; Equations; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Predictive models; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.974242

Filename

974242