FREQUENCY-CONVERTERS BASED ON FWM IN TRAVELING-WAVE OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - THEORETICAL ASPECTS

Authors
SCOTTI S MECOZZI A
Citation
S. Scotti et A. Mecozzi, FREQUENCY-CONVERTERS BASED ON FWM IN TRAVELING-WAVE OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - THEORETICAL ASPECTS, Fiber and integrated optics, 15(3), 1996, pp. 243-256
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Fiber and integrated optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01468030
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
243 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-8030(1996)15:3<243:FBOFIT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We summarize the results of a theoretical model, developed to investig ate the performance of a frequency converter based on four-wave mixing in a bulk traveling wave amplifier The theory predicts very high valu es of conversion efficiency and signal-to-background ratio in the band width of the converted signal. These results, whose experimental confi rmation is reported elsewhere, increase the potential of using four-wa ve mixing in semiconductor amplifiers in actual optical systems.