Title :
Broadband wavelength shifter for picosecond optical pulses at 1.5 mu m
Author :
Iannone, P.P. ; Prucnal, Paul R. ; Raybon, G. ; Koren, U. ; Burrus, C.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
Demonstrates the 5.0 nm wavelength conversion of a modelocked optical pulse train by cavity-enhanced high nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a 1.53 mu m injection-locked bulk InGaAsP V-groove laser. Input pulses having 17 ps duration are broadened to 61 ps due to the filtering imposed by the mixing laser. The output pulse broadening is shown to depend on the mixing laser bias current.<>
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.53 micron; 17 ps; 61 ps; bias current; broadband wavelength shifter; cavity-enhanced high nondegenerate four-wave mixing; filtering; injection-locked bulk InGaAsP V-groove laser; mixing laser; modelocked optical pulse train; output pulse broadening; picosecond optical pulses; wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931011
