THZ OPTICAL-FREQUENCY CONVERSION OF 1GB/S-SIGNALS USING HIGHLY NONDEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING IN AN INGAASP SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER

被引:70
作者
MURATA, S
TOMITA, A
SHIMIZU, J
SUZUKI, A
机构
[1] Opto-electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
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10.1109/68.97848
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
THz-range optical-frequency conversion of 1 Gb/s-signals is demonstrated, for the first time, through the use of cavity-enhanced highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (HNDFWM) in an InGaAsP semiconductor laser. This conversion is based on a subpicosecond ultrafast nonlinear gain process in the laser. The possibility of applying this phenomenon to an optical fiber dispersion compensator is also discussed.
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页码:1021 / 1023
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