Title :
Wavelength shifting by four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Vahala, Kerry ; Zhou, Jianhui ; Geraghty, David ; Lee, Robert ; Newkirk, Michael ; Miller, Barry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Intraband modulation in semiconductor gain media has recently been shown to provide a wide-band nonlinearity which is over five orders of magnitude larger than the Kerr nonlinearity in silica fiber. We discuss recent work on the application of this nonlinearity to the wavelength conversion function in all optical networks; specifically, carrier wavelength spectral translation by four-wave mixing in semiconductor traveling-wave amplifiers (TWAs)
Keywords :
laser noise; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; travelling wave amplifiers; Kerr nonlinearity; all optical networks; carrier wavelength spectral translation; four-wave mixing; intraband modulation; nonlinearity; semiconductor gain media; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor traveling-wave amplifiers; silica fiber; wavelength conversion function; wavelength shifting; wide-band nonlinearity; All-optical networks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484586
