EFFICIENCY AND NOISE PERFORMANCE OF WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS BASED ON FWM IN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

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DOTTAVI, A [1 ]
IANNONE, E [1 ]
MECOZZI, A [1 ]
SCOTTI, S [1 ]
SPANO, P [1 ]
DALLARA, R [1 ]
ECKNER, J [1 ]
GUEKOS, G [1 ]
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[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,INST QUANTUM ELECTR,CH-8093 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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10.1109/68.376801
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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
All optical frequency converters are key devices for new-conception optical networks. A theoretical model is presented to evaluate performances of frequency converters based on highly nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor amplifiers. Conversion efficiency and noise performances are evaluated in generic saturation conditions and compared with experimental results.
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