Title :
Polarization insensitive optical spectral inversion without frequency shift by four-wave mixing using two counter-propagating pump waves
Author :
Tang, J.M. ; Shore, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Wales Univ, Bangor, UK
Abstract :
A novel technique for creating polarization insensitive phase conjugate waves without frequency shifting by using four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is proposed, which utilizes two counter-propagating orthogonally polarized pump fields and one conventional polarization independent SOA.
Keywords :
light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; counter-propagating orthogonally polarized pump fields; counter-propagating pump waves; four-wave mixing; polarization independent SOA; polarization insensitive optical spectral inversion; polarization insensitive phase conjugate waves; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Systems engineering and theory; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5633-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794654
