Improved performance of a wavelength converter based on dual pump four-wave mixing in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier

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作者：

Tomkos, I

Zacharopoulos, I

Syvridis, D

Sphicopoulos, T

Roditi, E

机构：

[1] Univ Athens, Informat Dept, Div Commun, GR-15784 Athens, Greece

[2] Univ Athens, Dept Phys, Div Appl Phys, GR-15784 Athens, Greece

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 72卷 / 20期

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10.1063/1.121399

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Very high conversion efficiency (6.5 dB for 23.4 nm down-wavelength shift and 4.5 dB for 16 nm up-wavelength shift) is reported, using four-wave mixing in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier. Based on a dual pump configuration where wavelength conversion is achieved by shifting one of the pumps, superior performance has been achieved in terms of both efficiency and the converted signal-to-background amplified spontaneous emission noise ratio, especially for very large wavelength shifts. Simple theoretical considerations are also discussed for the explanation of the improved performance of the converter. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(98)02820-4].

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