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Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Lasers for Tunable Wavelength Conversion on a 100 GHz Frequency Grid |
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 4, Issue 9, pp. A69-A76 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.4.000A69
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Abstract
All-optical wavelength converters play a key role for next-generation high-bit-rate optical networks. A high-speed, simple, and compact wavelength converter can resolve contention, reduce wavelength blocking, and enable a multitude of new wavelength routing approaches. We propose the combination of a quantum-dash mode-locked laser (QD-MLL) with a frequency-selective filter to provide (two) tunable wavelength pumps for wavelength conversion of optical channels in a dual-pump four-wave-mixing (FWM) scheme. Such a converter is simple, practical, and offers a wide conversion range, modulation format transparency, and the potential for photonic integration. We examine the performance of the proposed scheme experimentally with a QD-MLL and manually tunable optical filters. Wavelength conversion is achieved via an extremely non-linear semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), a commercial SOA with very high FWM efficiency. We achieved near −3 dB conversion efficiency across a 9.6 nm tuning range with a signal input power of −3 dBm and a pump input power of 2 dBm. We performed bit error rate (BER) measurement on a 5.6 nm conversion range and obtained error-free transmission (BER <10
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OCIS Codes
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics
(230.7405) Optical devices : Wavelength conversion devices
ToC Category:
Enabling Optical Devices for Scalable Networks
History
Original Manuscript: February 29, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 19, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 27, 2012
Published: August 21, 2012
Citation
Yousra Ben M’Sallem, Alexandre Shen, François Lelarge, Frédéric Pommereau, Dalila Make, Sophie LaRochelle, and Leslie Ann Rusch, "Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Lasers for Tunable Wavelength Conversion on a 100 GHz Frequency Grid," J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 4, A69-A76 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jocn/abstract.cfm?URI=jocn-4-9-A69
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