Low-noise and very high-efficiency four-wave mixing in 1.5-mm-long semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引：51
作者：
Girardin, F
Eckner, J
Guekos, G
DallAra, R
Mecozzi, A
DOttavi, A
Martelli, F
Scotti, S
Spano, P
机构：
[1] OPTO SPEED SA,MEZZOVICO,SWITZERLAND
[2] FDN UGO BORDONI,I-00142 ROME,ITALY
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 1997年 / 9卷 / 06期
关键词：
frequency conversion; optical mixing; semiconductor optical amplifier;
D O I：
10.1109/68.584977
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
Very high four-wave mixing (FWM) efficiency and signal-to-background ratio (SBR) are obtained in a 1.5-mm-long bulk semiconductor optical amplifier, The FWM efficiency is measured to be 5 dB at 1-THz pump-signal detuning, which is the highest value reported to date, With a pump power of -1.4 dBm, the SBR is in excess of 20 dB in a bandwidth of 12.5 GHz, for a pump-signal detuning range as large as 2 THz and the efficiency is under the same conditions larger than -1 dB for a pump-signal detuning range as large as 1 THz, These results make FWM an attractive method for practical wavelength conversion, Some low-detuning measurements show a maximum efficiency around 8 GHz.
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页码：746 / 748
页数：3
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