Title : 
Broadband Wavelength Conversion in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with Non-identical Multiple Quantum Wells
         
        
            Author : 
Wan, S.M. ; Chow, C.W. ; Tsang, H.K. ; Su, Yi-Shin ; Lin, Ching-Fuh
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Email:smwan@ee.cuhk.edu.hk
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Semiconductor optical amplifiers containing non-identical multiple quantum wells were used for wavelength conversion from 1557.38nm to 1439.60nm. Conversion via cross gain modulation and birefringence switching gave extinction ratios of 17.3dB and 11.2dB respectively.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Optical coupling; Optical wavelength conversion; Polarization; Probes; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9242-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569746