Polarization-independent wavelength conversion at 2.5 Gb/s by dual-pump four-wave mixing in a strained semiconductor optical amplifier

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作者
Hunziker, G [1 ]
Paiella, R [1 ]
Geraghty, DF [1 ]
Vahala, KJ [1 ]
Koren, U [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,LUCENT TECHNOL,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
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10.1109/68.544701
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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
We give a general expression for the polarization dependence of the four-wave mixing (FWM) efficiency in the dual-pump configuration. This expression, along with some general properties of the FWM susceptibility tensor, is used to propose a simple scheme to generate a nearly (1.5-dB variation) polarization independent FWM converted signal. The viability of this scheme is verified in a wavelength conversion experiment at 2.5 Gb/s.
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