Four Wave Mixing in Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Author

Contestabile, Giampiero ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

May-14

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

389

Abstract

We report an extensive experimental characterization of four wave mixing (FWM) in InAs/InGaAsP/InP columnar quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers (QD-SOAs). This paper includes a characterization of the QD-SOA and of the single and double pump FWM performance. The double pump case is studied in both the orthogonal and parallel pumps configurations. Unprecedented ultrabroadband and efficient wavelength conversion are found including, for the two pumps case, 100-nm conversion span in the telecom bands around 1550 nm (S/C/L bands) with positive conversion efficiency and more than 30-dB output optical signal-to-noise ratio.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InAs-InGaAsP-InP; QD-SOA; columnar quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers; conversion efficiency; conversion span; double pump FWM performance; four wave mixing; orthogonal pump configuration; output optical signal-to-noise ratio; parallel pump configuration; single pump FWM performance; telecom bands; wavelength conversion; Gain; Market research; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength conversion; four wave mixing (FWM); quantum dot (QD); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2014.2313063

Filename

6776444