An Interferometric Configuration for Performing Cross-Gain Modulation with Improved Signal Quality

Author

Bonk, R. ; Vorreau, P. ; Sygletos, S. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Wang, Jiacheng ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Brenot, Romain ; Lelarge, F. ; Duan, G.H. ; Meuer, C. ; Liebich, S. ; Laemmlin, M. ; Bimberg, Dieter

Author_Institution

Inst. of High-Freq. & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We introduce and verify experimentally an interferometric scheme for performing cross-gain modulation. The scheme is used to demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion with good extinction ratio in media with little or no cross-phase modulation nonlinearity.

Keywords

optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-gain modulation; interferometric configuration; quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier; signal quality; Degradation; Extinction ratio; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Propagation delay; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528227

Filename

4528227