O-band to C-band wavelength converter by using four-wave mixing effect in 1310 nm SOA

• Main Authors: Awang, Noor Azura, Ahmad, Harith, Latiff, Amirah Abdul, Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani, Ghani, Zawajer A, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2010
• Subjects: QC Physics
• 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/

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.