Title :
Simultaneous all-optical inverted and noninverted wavelength conversion using a single-stage fiber-optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Lu, Guo-Wei ; Chen, Lian-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ.
fDate :
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, simultaneous all-optical inverted and noninverted wavelength conversion by using a single-stage two-pump fiber-optical parametric amplifier with an extinction ratio between 7 and 14 dB over 24 nm
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical inverted wavelength conversion; all-optical noninverted wavelength conversion; extinction ratio; fiber-optical parametric amplifier; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion; Cross-gain modulation (XGM); four-wave mixing; optical amplifiers; optical fibers; optical transmission; parametric amplification;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.877231
