All-optical wavelength conversion using absorption modulation of an injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode

All-optical wavelength conversion using absorption modulation of an injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode

A novel all-optical wavelength converter based on the transverse-magnetic (TM)-mode absorption modulation of a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) is proposed and demonstrated. An FP-LD shows absorption nulls for TM mode probe beam, which are red-shifted by an additional optical pump injection. Using th...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2004-02, Vol.16 (2), p.536-538
Hauptverfasser: Yoo, H., Jeong, Y.D., Won, Y.H., Kang, M., Lee, H.J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Absorption
Beams (radiation)
Conversion
Diode lasers
Fabry-Perot
Laser beams
Laser diodes
Modulation
Noise levels
Optical beams
Optical control
Optical modulation
Optical pumping
Optical wavelength conversion
Probes
Pumps
Wavelengths
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Zusammenfassung:A novel all-optical wavelength converter based on the transverse-magnetic (TM)-mode absorption modulation of a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) is proposed and demonstrated. An FP-LD shows absorption nulls for TM mode probe beam, which are red-shifted by an additional optical pump injection. Using this, the transmission of the continuous-wave probe beam can be optically controlled and wavelength conversion is, thus, achieved. The proposed scheme is simple and cost-effective, and can be used for very wide-range wavelength conversion. Bit-error-rate measurements at 2.5 Gb/s were performed, and the power penalties of 2 and 6 dB were observed, respectively, for noninverted and inverted wavelength conversion.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2003.823090