3.8-THz wavelength conversion of picosecond pulses using a semiconductor delayed-interference signal-wavelength converter (DISC)

被引:108
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作者
Ueno, Y [1 ]
Nakamura, S [1 ]
Tajima, K [1 ]
Kitamura, S [1 ]
机构
[1] NEC Corp Ltd, Optoelect & High Frequency Device Res Labs, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050805 305, Japan
关键词
all-optical; carrier lifetime; conversion efficiency; delay; interference; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion;
D O I
10.1109/68.661405
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
A new all-optical semiconductor-band-filling-based converter, named delayed-interference signal-converter (DISC), is proposed, Its speed is not restricted by the carrier lifetime and its structure is very simple: it consists of only two essential components, namely, a semiconductor optical amplifier and a passive split-delay, Using this converter, 3.8-THz-shifted (from 1530 to 1560-nm) 14-ps-long pulses are generated from 1530-nm 140-fJ 0.7-ps pulses with high-conversion efficiency.
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页码:346 / 348
页数:3
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