Nondegenerate four-wave mixing wavelength conversion in low-loss passive InGaAsP-InP quantum-well waveguides

Results on wavelength shifters based on four-wave mixing that operate in the 1.5-μm regime are reported. These devices utilize the near-bandedge resonant enhancement in the third-order nonlinearity in passive InGaAsP-InP quantum-well waveguides. Over the erbium-doped fiber-amplifier gain band approx...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 1996-05, Vol.8 (5), p.623-625
Main Authors: Donnelly, J.P., Le, H.Q., Swanson, E.A., Groves, S.H., Darwish, A., Ippen, E.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fiber nonlinear optics
Four-wave mixing
High speed optical techniques
Nonlinear optics
Optical devices
Optical waveguides
Optical wavelength conversion
Quantum well devices
Quantum wells
Resonance
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Summary:Results on wavelength shifters based on four-wave mixing that operate in the 1.5-μm regime are reported. These devices utilize the near-bandedge resonant enhancement in the third-order nonlinearity in passive InGaAsP-InP quantum-well waveguides. Over the erbium-doped fiber-amplifier gain band approximately -20 dB conversion efficiency was obtained with /spl ap/18-dBm CW pump power. The conversion efficiency was nearly constant for wavelength shifts up to /spl ap/26 nm (3.3 THz), limited by the phase-matching bandwidth of the 8.5-mm-long device.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.491559