Investigation of optimum wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarisation rotation in a bulk SOA

被引：8
作者：
Kennedy, B. F.
Philippe, S.
Surre, F.
Bradley, A. L.
Landais, P.
机构：
[1] Dublin City Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Dublin 9, Ireland
[2] Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Sch Phys, Dublin 2, Ireland
来源：
IET OPTOELECTRONICS | 2007年 / 1卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1049/iet-opt:20060047
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：
This work is focused on understanding and optimising the physical mechanisms responsible for wavelength conversion based on cross-polarisation modulation (XPolM) in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier. A comparison is made between the conversion performance that can be achieved with cross-gain modulation (XGM) and XPolM in co- and counter-propagation configurations. Wavelength independent conversion can be achieved when nonlinear polarisation rotation and XGM effects are balanced in the case of non-inverted wavelength conversion.
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