Title :
Broadband wavelength conversion with amplification by four-wave mixing in semiconductor travelling-wave amplifiers
Author :
Zhou, J. ; Park, Nahea ; Vahala, Kerry J. ; Newkirk, M.A. ; Miller, B.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
fDate :
5/26/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate for the first time broadband wavelength conversion with amplification by four-wave mixing in semiconductor travelling-wave optical amplifiers and verify the cubic dependence of wavelength conversion efficiency on the amplifier´s single-pass optical gain
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; amplification; broadband wavelength conversion; conversion efficiency; four-wave mixing; semiconductor travelling-wave optical amplifiers; single-pass optical gain;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940588
