Abstract
High-extinction-ratio wavelength conversion has been demonstrated in a semiconductor optical amplifier using a mixture of cross-gain and cross-phase modulation in a polarization rotation technique. 40-ps-wide pulses at 1311 nm have been generated using 47-ps, 5.7-mW peak-power input pulses at 1300 nm. Excellent agreement with experiment has been obtained using a computer model.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 449-451 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Bibliographical note
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Source: Scopus
CODEN: IPTLE
Language of Original Document: English
Correspondence Address: Stephens, M.F.C.; Dept. of Elec. and Electron. Eng., University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, United Kingdom
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Keywords
- Optical communications
- Optical polarization
- Semiconductor optical amplifier
- Wavelength conversion
- Wavelength division multiplexing