EFFICIENCY AND NOISE PERFORMANCE OF WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS BASED ON FWM IN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

Authors
DOTTAVI A IANNONE E MECOZZI A SCOTTI S SPANO P DALLARA R ECKNER J GUEKOS G
Citation
A. Dottavi et al., EFFICIENCY AND NOISE PERFORMANCE OF WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS BASED ON FWM IN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(4), 1995, pp. 357-359
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
357 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:4<357:EANPOW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
All optical frequency converters are key devices for new-conception op tical networks. A theoretical model is presented to evaluate performan ces of frequency converters based on highly nondegenerate four-wave mi xing (FWM) in semiconductor amplifiers. Conversion efficiency and nois e performances are evaluated in generic saturation conditions and comp ared with experimental results.