ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING OF MICROWAVE SUBCARRIERS BY USING 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER

Authors
SHIEH W PARK E WILLNER AE
Citation
W. Shieh et al., ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING OF MICROWAVE SUBCARRIERS BY USING 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(4), 1996, pp. 524-526
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
524 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:4<524:AWSOMS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We demonstrate all-optical wavelength shifting over 9 nn for two micro wave subcarriers by using four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier. In our experiment, the RF spectrum is relatively unaffected by wavelength shifting and the resultant system power penalty is simi lar to 0.5 dB. Such a transparent wavelength shifter may be a critical component in WDM networks supporting both subcarrier multiplexed (SCM ) and high speed digital transmission.