WAVELENGTH CONVERSION FOR WDM COMMUNICATION-SYSTEMS USING 4-WAVE-MIXING IN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

Authors
GERAGHTY DF LEE RB VERDIELL M ZIARI M MATHUR A VAHALA KJ
Citation
Df. Geraghty et al., WAVELENGTH CONVERSION FOR WDM COMMUNICATION-SYSTEMS USING 4-WAVE-MIXING IN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, 3(5), 1997, pp. 1146-1155
Citations number
50
Journal title
IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1077260X
Volume
3
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1146 - 1155
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-260X(1997)3:5<1146:WCFWCU>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers is an attra ctive mechanism for wavelength conversion in wavelength-division multi plexed (WDM) systems since it provides modulation format and bit rate transparency over wide tuning ranges. A series of systems experiments evaluating several aspects of the performance of these devices at bit rates of 2.5 and 10 Gb/s are presented, Included are single-channel co nversion over 18 nm of shift at 10 Gb/s, multichannel conversion, and cascaded conversions, In addition time resolved spectral analysis of w avelength conversion is presented.