CASCADED WAVELENGTH CONVERSION BY 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AT 10 GB S/

Authors
LEE RB GERAGHTY DF VERDIELL M ZIARI M MATHUR A VAHALA KJ
Citation
Rb. Lee et al., CASCADED WAVELENGTH CONVERSION BY 4-WAVE-MIXING IN A STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AT 10 GB S/, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(6), 1997, pp. 752-754
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
752 - 754
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:6<752:CWCB4I>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We demonstrate for the first time cascaded wavelength conversion by fo ur-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier, Bit-error-rate pe rformance of <10(-9) at 10 Gb/s is achieved for two conversions of up to 9 nm down and up in wavelength, For two wavelength conversions of 5 nm down and up, a power penalty of 1.3 dB is measured, A system of tw o wavelength converters spanning 40 km of single-mode fiber is also de monstrated.