Title :
Configurable all-optical multicast using cavity-enhanced four wave mixing in semiconductor ring laser
Author :
Lu, Dan ; Mezosi, G. ; Li, Bing ; Memon, Muhammad Irfan ; Wang, Zhen ; Sorel, Marc ; Jian, S.S. ; Yu, Son-Cheol
Abstract :
A novel all-optical multicast scheme based on cavity-enhanced four wave mixing in a monolithically integrated semiconductor ring laser (SRL) is proposed. By employing an injecting optical signal resonant with a cavity mode of the SRL, one-to-seven all-optical multicast by means of highly efficient simultaneous multi-wavelength conversion has been experimentally demonstrated up to multi-gigabit data rates. The scheme offers several advantages including low power penalty, reconfigurability, monolithic integration and low cost.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; multiwave mixing; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; cavity mode; cavity-enhanced four wave mixing; configurable all-optical multicast; multiwavelength conversion; semiconductor ring laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20082460