Title :
Novel XGM wavelength conversion scheme based on SLAOLM
Author :
Zhang Xinliang ; Huang Dexiu ; Sun Junqiang ; Liu Deming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Optoelectron. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
A novel XGM wavelength conversion scheme exploiting semiconductor laser amplifier in a loop mirror (SLAOLM) has been demonstrated. Results showed that this scheme is helpful for extinction ratio and noise performance improvement simultaneously, due to the coexistence of gain saturation and phase modulation effect.
Keywords :
optical directional couplers; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SLALOM; WDM; XGM wavelength conversion scheme; cross-gain modulation; directional coupler; extinction ratio; gain saturation; mixed strained MQW; noise performance; phase modulation effect; pump DFB laser; Extinction ratio; Laser noise; Mirrors; Performance gain; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 25th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6513-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2000.892980
