O-band to C-band wavelength converter by using four-wave mixing effect in 1310 nm SOA
In this paper we provide a detailed account of an ultra-wideband wavelength converter that shifts from 1310 to 1550 nm using a 1310 nm semiconductor optical amplifier as the nonlinear medium. The experimental approach uses an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) as a method to slice the broadband outpu...
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Language: | English English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2010
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/84350/7/84350_O-band%20to%20C-band%20wavelength%20converter%20by%20using%20fourwave.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84350/13/84350_O-band%20to%20C-band%20wavelength%20converter%20by%20using%20four-wave%20mixing%20effect%20in%201310%20nm%20SOA.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/84350/ |
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Summary: | In this paper we provide a detailed account of an ultra-wideband wavelength converter that shifts from 1310 to
1550 nm using a 1310 nm semiconductor optical amplifier as the nonlinear medium. The experimental approach
uses an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) as a method to slice the broadband output ASE of the 1310 nm SOA
into multiple outputs at this O-band. A four-wave mixing technique is used to generate the wavelength
conversion, whereby two wavelengths at 1310 nm are used and interact with the 1550 nm continuous wave output
from a bismuth-based erbium-doped optical amplifier. In this demonstration, the interacting wavelengths are
1316.75, 1317.47 and 1542.21 nm. The downward conversion wavelengths are 1542.93 and 1541.49 nm, with a
converted wavelength spacing of 224 nm. |
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