Title :
C-band to L-band shift of 80 mn (10 THz) using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Morgan, T.J. ; Tucker, R.S. ; Lacey, J.P.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of an 80-nm wavelength shift by four-wave mixing from the C-band to the L-band. The power penalty at 10/sup -9/ BER for a 2.5 Gb/s signal is less than 1.0 dB.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; C-band to L-band shift; Mach-Zehnder modulator; double pump technique; four-wave mixing; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; ultrabroadband wavelength conversion; wavelength shift; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Four-wave mixing; L-band; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766070
