1.31-to-1.55 μm wavelength conversion by optically pumping a distributed feedback amplifier

Author

Maywar, D.N. ; Nakano, Y. ; Agrawal, G.P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

12

Issue

7

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

858

Lastpage

860

Abstract

We demonstrate a new technique for all-optical wavelength conversion to 1.55 μm by using a 1.3-μm signal that directly pumps a distributed feedback semiconductor optical amplifier. Data polarity can be selected by tuning the probe wavelength to different regions of the Bragg resonance. Polarity-inverted signals exhibit a digital-like transfer function with an on-off ratio of 4 and 2.4 at 155.5 and 622 Mb/s, respectively. This simple wavelength-conversion scheme is insensitive to the direction and polarization of the 1.31-μm signal, and should be affordable for local access and other cost-sensitive optical-network layers.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre LAN; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical transfer function; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.31 to 1.55 mum; 155.5 Mbit/s; 622 Mbit/s; Bragg resonance; all-optical wavelength conversion; cost-sensitive optical-network layers; data polarity; digital-like transfer function; directly pumps; distributed feedback amplifier; distributed feedback semiconductor optical amplifier; local access; on-off ratio; optical fibre LAN; optically pumping; polarity-inverted signals; probe wavelength tuning; wavelength conversion; wavelength-conversion scheme; Distributed feedback devices; Optical feedback; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Resonance; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.853526

Filename

853526