Widely tunable four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers with constant conversion efficiency

被引：44
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作者：
Morgan, TJ [1 ]
Lacey, JPR [1 ]
Tucker, RS [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Photon Res Lab, Australian Photon Cooperat Res Ctr, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 1998年 / 10卷 / 10期
关键词：
four-wave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical mixers; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
D O I：
10.1109/68.720274
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：
The conversion efficiency and output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of single-pump four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA's) is strongly dependent on frequency shift. We examine a scheme for FWM in SOA's that uses two orthogonally polarized pumps. We compare experimentally and theoretically the conversion efficiency and SNR of the orthogonal-pump scheme,vith single-pump FWM, The orthogonal-pump scheme has nearly constant conversion efficiency and SNR over the 4.5-THz range of frequency shifts measured. Experimental and theoretical results for the conversion efficiency and SNR of the orthogonal-pump scheme agree to within 3.5 dB.
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页码：1401 / 1403
页数：3
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