Title :
All-optical regeneration and wavelength conversion in an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier/distributed feedback laser
Author :
Stephens, M.F.C. ; Lowery, A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
Simultaneous all-optical regeneration and wavelength conversion is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge in a laser-based device. After 95 km of fiber, a negative sensitivity penalty of -1.3 dB is achieved for conversion from 1548 nm to 1553.5 nm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed feedback lasers; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.3 dB; 1548 nm; 1553.5 nm; 95 km; InP-InGaAsP; InP/InGaAsP laser; all-optical regeneration; integrated semiconductor optical amplifier/distributed feedback laser; laser-based device; negative sensitivity penalty; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
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.1999.767814
