POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AT 2.5 GB S BY DUAL-PUMP 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER/

Authors
HUNZIKER G PAIELLA R GERAGHTY DF VAHALA KJ KOREN U
Citation
G. Hunziker et al., POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AT 2.5 GB S BY DUAL-PUMP 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER/, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(12), 1996, pp. 1633-1635
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1633 - 1635
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:12<1633:PWCA2G>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We give a general expression for the polarization dependence of the fo ur-wave mixing (FWM) efficiency in the dual-pump configuration. This e xpression, along with some general properties of the FWM susceptibilit y tensor, is used to propose a simple scheme to generate a nearly (1.5 -dB variation) polarization independent FWM converted signal. The viab ility of this scheme is verified in a wavelength conversion experiment at 2.5 Gb/s.