Geraghty, David F. and Lee, Robert B. and Verdiell, Marc and Ziari, Mehrdad and Mathur, Atul and Vahala, Kerry J. (1997) Wavelength conversion for WDM communication systems using four-wavemixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 3 (5). pp. 1146-1155. ISSN 1077-260X http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:GERieeejstqe97
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Four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers is an attractive mechanism for wavelength conversion in wavelength-division multiplexed (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 conversion over 18 nm of shift at 10 Gb/s, multichannel conversion, and cascaded conversions. In addition time resolved spectral analysis of wavelength conversion is presented.
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| Additional Information: | © Copyright 1997 IEEE. Reprinted with permission. Manuscript received June 4, 1997; revised September 12, 1997. This work was supported by ARPA under Contract DAAL 01-94-K-03430 and the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-9412 862. The authors would like to acknowledge Ortel Corporation and Northrop-Grumman Corporation for use of important equipment. Special thanks to A. Benzoni and P.-O. Hedekvist for invaluable discussion and assistance. |
| Subject Keywords: | Communication systems, frequency conversion, optical mixing, semiconductor optical amplifier |
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| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2944.658588 |
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| Deposited On: | 05 Feb 2008 |
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