Effects of ultrafast processes on frequency converters based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引：16

作者：

Scotti, S ^{[1
]}

Graziani, L

D'Ottavi, A

Martelli, F

Mecozzi, A

Spano, P

Dall'Ara, R

Girardin, F

Guekos, G

机构：

[1] Fdn Ugo Bordoni, I-00142 Rome, Italy

[2] Opto Speed SA, CH-6805 Mezzovico, Switzerland

[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 1997年 / 3卷 / 05期

关键词：

nonlinear optics; optical amplifiers; optical fiber communications; optical frequency conversion; optical mixing;

D O I：

10.1109/2944.658589

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：

We show the effect of the ultrafast optical nonlinear interactions on the efficiency of a frequency converter based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA's), The ultrafast nonlinearities generate a dip of a few decibels in the down-conversion sideband of the conversion efficiency at detuning higher than 1 THz, The frequency detuning at which the minimum occurs depends on the device length and on the pump wavelength, The presence of the minimum of the efficiency affects the design of amplifiers specifically optimized for frequency conversion by FWM.

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页码：1156 / 1161

页数：6

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