Demonstration of ultrafast all-optical wavelength conversion utilizing birefringence in semiconductor optical amplifiers

M. F C Stephens; M. Asghari; R. V. Penty; I. H. White

doi:10.1109/68.559384

Demonstration of ultrafast all-optical wavelength conversion utilizing birefringence in semiconductor optical amplifiers

M. F C Stephens, M. Asghari, R. V. Penty, I. H. White

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Abstract

High-extinction-ratio wavelength conversion has been demonstrated in a semiconductor optical amplifier using a mixture of cross-gain and cross-phase modulation in a polarization rotation technique. 40-ps-wide pulses at 1311 nm have been generated using 47-ps, 5.7-mW peak-power input pulses at 1300 nm. Excellent agreement with experiment has been obtained using a computer model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	449-451
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.559384
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 1997

Funding

Manuscript received October 28, 1996; revised December 30, 1996. This work and the work of M.F.C. Stephens was supported by the U.K. EPSRC. The authors are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, U.K. Publisher Item Identifier S 1041-1135(97)02431-2.

Keywords

Optical communications
Optical polarization
Semiconductor optical amplifier
Wavelength conversion
Wavelength division multiplexing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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