Title :
Steptunable, all-optical wavelength conversion using cavity-enhanced four-wave mixing
Author :
Hudgings, J.A. ; Lau, K.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
All-optical wavelength converters are key elements for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical communications systems, due to the need for reuse of the limited number of available carrier wavelengths. Wavelength converters based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in traveling wave amplifiers are being developed for use in systems that require transparency to modulation format. These devices are continuously tunable over a THz range, but the efficiency decays rapidly for conversion distances exceeding a few GHz
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; THz range; WDM optical communications systems; all-optical wavelength converters; available carrier wavelengths; cavity-enhanced four-wave mixing; continuously tunable; conversion distances; four-wave mixing; modulation format; step tunable all-optical wavelength conversion; transparency; traveling wave amplifiers; wavelength-division multiplexing; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Magnetic flux leakage; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719834
